قَد وَدَّعَتكَ وداعَ الصارِمِ القالي

نَعَم وداعَ تَناءٍ غَيرَ إِدلالِ

She bid me farewell with the farewell of the stern separator

Yes, a farewell of estrangement, not of affection

وَعادَ ما وَدَّعَتني مِن مَوَدَّتِها

بَعدَ المَواثيق كالجارِي مِنَ الآلِ

And the affection she bid me adieu resumed

After the covenants like a slave from a family

فَقُلتُ لَمّا أَتاني أَنَّها خَتَرَت

وَطاوَعَت قَولَ أَعدائي وَعُذَّالي

So I said, when she came to me, that she had chosen

And obeyed the word of my enemies and slanderers

إِن تَصرِمِ الحَبلَ أَو تُرضِ الوشاةَ بِنا

أو تُمسِ قَد رَضِيت مِنّا بِأَبدالِ

Whether you cut off the rope or please the envious about us

Or you touch, I have been satisfied with substitutes from us

فَقَد أَراها وَما تَبغي بِنا بَدَلاً

وَلا تُطيعُ بِنا في سالِفِ الحالِ

For I see that she does not want a substitute from us

Nor does she, in past situations, obey about us

أَبقى لَها الدَهرُ مِن وُدّي الَّذي عَهِدَت

أَمرَينِ لَم يَبرَحا مِنّي عَلى بالِ

Does time keep for her the affection which she was accustomed to from me

Two matters that did not cease to be in my mind

شَوقاً إِلَيها إِذا بُتَّت مَناسِبُها

يَوماً وَأَبصَرتُ مِنها رَسمَ أَطلالِ

Yearning for her when her aspects suited

A day, and I saw from her a trace of ruins

وَحِفظَ ما استَودَعَت عِندي وَقَد زَعَمَت

أَن لَيسَ يُحسِنُ حِفظَ السِرِّ أَمثالي

And keeping what she entrusted with me, and she claimed

That the likes of me can not keep a secret well

إِن كانَ يُسلي فُؤادي ما أَتَيتِ بِهِ

فَلا رَجَعتُ إِلى أَهلي وَلا مالي

If what you came with consoles my heart

I have not returned to my family or wealth

جُهداً لأُعلِمَها الوُدَّ الَّذي عَهِدَت

عِندي وَأَكَّدتُ أَقوالاً بِأَقوالِ

With effort to inform her of the affection which she was accustomed

From me, and I emphasized words with words