بِنَفسي جيرة شَطوا

فَأَقفر مِنهُمُ السَقطُ

With my soul they are harsh neighbors

So I am more desolate than they are

يَشوب رُضاهُمُ سَخطٌ

فَعَين دُنوَهُم شَحطُ

Their contentment is marred by discontent

And the pupils of their eyes are arid

قَضوا أَن لا يُصاحب مَن

يَحالف حُبَهُم بَسطُ

They decided not to befriend

Anyone who pacts his love with them

لَقَد شَطوا بِما حَكَموا

وَأَفديهُم وَإِن شَطوا

Indeed they went too far in what they ruled

And I ransom them even if they went too far

بِروحي جائر مِنهُم

وَعِندي جورُهُ قَسطُ

With my soul they wronged me

And in my view their wrongdoing is just

عَلى عُشاقِهِ أَبَداً

بِسَيف صُدودهِ يَسطو

Upon their lovers forever

With the sword of their aloofness they unsheathe

بِفيهِ سَمط درّ دو

نَهُ شَهد وَاسفنطُ

In their mouths are aloes of dissolved pearls

Neither honey nor syrup

نَسيتُ الأُنس مُنذُ نَأى

كَأَن لَم أَلقَهُ قَطُّ

I forgot intimacy since we parted

As if I never knew it