يا خَليلي بَل لَستَ لي بِخَليلِ

جِدَّ عَن كُلِّ ما عَهَدتَ رَحيلي

O my friend, but you are not a friend to me

You have truly departed from all you once promised

قَد تَرَكنا لَكَ المُدامَ وَنَيلَ الصَع

بِ مِمَّن تُحِبُّهُ وَالظَلولِ

We left you the wine and the shady trees

With those you love while we departed

وَوَهبتُ الفَصَّينِ لِلَّهِ مَن بَع

دِ عِنادِ الداعي وَضَربِ لعَليلِ

I dedicated my life to God after

The stubborn caller and the blow of the sick

وَأَراني أَصبَحتُ جَلداً عَلى حَج

رِ أَبي مالِكٍ وهَجرِ الشُمولِ

And I saw myself become a skin on the back

Of the stony Abu Malik and the departure of inclusion

لا جَوابُ الكِتابِ بَيَّنَ ما أَن

تَ عَلَيهِ ولا جَوابُ الرَسولِ

Neither the letter’s response nor the messenger’s

Showed what you were upon

أَبطَأَت حاجَتي وَمَوقِعُها مِن

كَ دَليلٌ فيها عَلى التَعجيلِ

My need was delayed and its position from

You is evidence in it of acceleration

بَينَ طَرفٍ إِلى المَكارِمِ نَظّا

رٍ وَخَدٍّ تحتَ السُؤالِ أَسيلِ

Between an eye towards generosity looking

And a cheek under questioning, descending

أَتَوانَيتَ أَم تَشاغَلتَ عَنها

أَم تَعَلَّمتَ مَطلَ إِسماعيلِ

Did you hesitate or were you preoccupied from it

Or did you learn the procrastination of Ishmael