هل للزمان وقد جلَّتْ جرائمُهُ

وأضعف الخطب من تلقائه الجلدا

Has time, though its crimes have accumulated,

And the most eloquent tongues have been rendered powerless by it,

أن يجمعَ الشملَ ما بيني وبينكم

حتى أعُدُّ له تلك الذنوبَ يَدا

The power to reunite us after our long separation,

So I can make amends for those sins?

فإنَّ رؤيا أبي نصْرٍ على كبدي

كالماء ينقعُ مني بالورود صَدى

For the vision of my father Nasr weighs heavily upon me

Like water dripping slowly from me along with the flowers.

أغَرُّ تفضل حدَّ السيف عزمتُه

بأساً ويفْضُل هطَّال السحاب جدا

I was tempted by the favor of the sword to the point of death,

Violently, and the pouring rain overflowed excessively.