دَع دُموعي في ذَلِكَ الاِشتِياقِ

تَتَناجى بِفِعلِ يَومِ الفِراقِ

Leave my tears in that yearning

To converse with the act of the day of parting

فَعَسى الدَمعُ أَن يُسكَنَ بِالسَك

بِ غَليلاً مِن هائِمٍ مُشتاقِ

Perhaps tears will be calmed with complaint

Of a passionate longing lover

إِنَّ رَيّا لَم تَسقِ رَيّا مِنَ الوَص

لِ وَلَم تَدرِ ماجَوى العُشّاقِ

Verily a doe did not give drink to a doe

And did not know the secrets of lovers

بَعَثَت طَيفَها إِلَيَّ وَدوني

وَخدُ شَهرَينِ لِلمَهاري العِتاقِ

Her apparition sent me in my slumber

With two rosy cheeks for the brave beloved

زارَ وَهناً مِنَ الشَآمِ فَحَيّا

مُستَهاماً صَبا بِأَعلى العِراقِ

He visited weakness from Syria, so he greeted

A morning in the highest place of Iraq

فَقَضى ما قَضى وَعادَ إِلَيها

وَالدُجى في ثِيابِهِ الأَخلاقِ

He fulfilled what he did, and returned to her

While gloom is in his silk clothes

قَد أَخَذنا مِنَ التَلاقي بِحَذٍّ

وَالتَلاقي في النَومِ عِدلُ التَلافي

We have taken from meeting with eagerness

And meeting in sleep is equal to union

يا أَبا نَهشَلٍ وَلازِلتَ يَسقي

كَ عَلى حالَةٍ مِنَ الغَيثِ ساقِ

O Abu Nahshal you still give drink

As if you are in a state of rain pouring

لَو تَرى لَوعَتي وَحُزني وَوَجدي

وَغَليلي وَحُرقَتي وَاِشتِياقي

If you could see my agony, sorrow, fervor

And my passion, burning, and yearning

وَاِلتِفاتي إِلَيكَ مِن جَبَلِ القا

طولِ وَالدَمعُ ساكِبٌ ذو اِندِفاقِ

And my turning to you from Mount Qa

With pouring tears of outpouring

لَتَيَقَّنتَ أَنَّني صادِقُ الوُد

دِ وَفِيٌّ بِالعَهدِ وَالميثاقِ

You would be certain that I am truthful in love

Loyal in pact and covenant

وَبِنَفسي وَأُسرَتي حُسنُ ذاكَ ال

أَدَبِ الأَريَحِيِّ وَالأَخلاقِ

By my soul and my family’s good manner

Of Arabi’s etiquette and morals

وَالنَدى الصامِتِيُّ وَالمَلِكُ الأَبلَ

جُ في أُخرَياتِ الرِواقِ

The silent dew and the gracious king

In the conclusion of the porch

دائِمُ الاِنفِرادِ بِالرَأيِ في الخَل

وَةِ لا يَتَّقي اللَيالي بِواقِ

Always secluding with opinion in solitude

Not fearing the nights with a companion

تَتفادى الخُطوبُ إِن واجَهَتهُ

حينَ يُغرى بِالفِكرِ وَالإِطراقِ

Troubles avoid him if they meet him

When he is tempted by thought and determination

صامِتِيٌّ يَغدو فَتَغدو بِومنا

هُ طَريقُ الآجالِ وَالأَرزاقِ

Silent, he rises so the path of lifespan and provisions rise with him

With a threat and appointment like pouring rain between thunder and lightning

بِوَعيدٍ وَمَوعِدٍ كَاِنسِكابِ ال

غَيثِ بَينَ الإِرعادِ وَالإِبراقِ

And assets he made for gathering

Wealth he made for separation

وَمَعالٍ أَصارَها لِاِجتِماعٍ

شَملُ مالٍ أَصارَهُ لِاِفتِراقِ

And gifts that come as comrades but depart

As comrades of the well-being after comrades

وَعَطايا تَأتي رِفاقاً فَيَصدُر

نَ رِفاقَ العافينَ بَعدَ الرِفاقِ

Coming and going with a sign of generosity

Spreading its shade upon the horizons

مُقبِلٌ مُدبِرٌ بِعارِضِ جودٍ

باسِطٍ ظِلَّهُ عَلى الآفاقِ

And with determination, if it repelled dawn, no face

Would have accepted the east in its rising

وَبِعَزمٍ لَو دافَعَ الفَجرَ ما أَق

بَلَ وَجهٌ لِلشَرقِ في إِشراقِ

And glory, if it were for the full moon

The judgment of disappearance would not have passed in it

وَجَلالٍ لَو كانَ لِلقَمَرِ البَد

رِ لَما جازَ فيهِ حُكُمُ المُحاقِ

Generosity flows from abundant giving

And might from pouring blood

يَصدُرُ الجودُ عَن عَطاءٍ جَزيلٍ

مِنهُ وَالبَأسُ عَن دَمٍ مُهَراقِ