يا مَن شَقيتُ بِحُبِّهِ

وَأَذابَ جِسمي بِالعَذابِ

O you whose love has made me miserable

And melted my body with torment

هَذا كِتابي قَد أَتا

كِ بِما أُرَدِّدُ في الكِتابِ

With what I keep repeating in the letter

Answer me back for my heart

رُدّي الجَوابَ فَإِنَّ قَل

بي مُستَهامٌ لِلجَوابِ

Is inclined towards the answer

And take in your palm a handful

وَخُذي بِكَفِّكِ قَبضَةً

مِمّا وَطِئتِ مِنَ التُرابِ

Of dust that you have stepped on

Throw it on me for in it is

تُلقى عَلَيهِ فَإِنَّ في

هِ بَعضَ ما يُطفي اِلتِهابي

Some of what would cool my inflammation

And be mixed in my food as long as I live

وَيَكونُ خِلطاً في طَعا

مي ما حَييتُ وَفي شَرابي

And in my drink

My beloved has gone so oh my misfortune

ذَهَبَ الحَبيبُّ فَيا بَلا

ئِي كَيفَ طالَ بِيَ اِغتِرابي

How prolonged has been my estrangement

My chest is flaming with sorrow

فَالصَدرُ مُضطَرِمُ الحَشا

وَالعَينُ مُسبَلَةُ السَحابِ

And my eyes are raining clouds

I complain to you of yearning

أَشكو إِلَيكِ تَلَهُفاً

بَينَ الجَوانِحِ وَالحِجابِ

Between the ribs and the veil

By Allah I have not forgotten you since

وَاللَهِ ما أَنساكِ ما

جَرَتِ الرِكابُ مَعَ الرِكابِ

The carriages left with the carriages

Death hovered around me

إِنَّ المَنِيَّةَ راوَحَت

ني يَومَ رُحتِ مَعَ الغيابِ

The day you left with the disappearance

Either you left and every dear one

إِمّا ذَهَبتِ وَكُلُّ إِل

فٍ قَد يَصيرُ إِلى الذَهابِ

Could end up leaving

So upon you, o habitation of peace

فَعَلَيكِ يا سَكَني السَلا

مُ وَكانَ ما بِكِ مِثلَ ما بي

And what was with you was like what was with me