لا تَأمَني الصَرمَ مِنّي أَن تَري كَلَفي

وَإِن مَضى لِصَفاءِ الوُدِّ أَعصارُ

Do not expect constancy from me, though now we are friends,

For time's changes often friendship's fervor end.

ما سُمّيَ القَلبُ إِلا مِن تَقَلُّبِهِ

وَالرّأيُ يُصرَفُ والأَهواءُ أَطوارُ

The heart was named inconstant for its restless tide;

Opinion shifts, desires have phases wide.

كَم مِن ذوي مِقَةٍ قَبلي وَقَبلكمُ

خانوا فَأَضحوا إِلى الهِجرانِ قَد صاروا

How many dear ones in the days before us two

Grew tired of loving and estranged withdrew!