لكُلِّ حَبيبٍ يا حَبيبُ رَقيبُ

وَمِن كُلِّ جِسمٍ لِلسَقامِ نَصيبُ

For every lover, O my love, there is a watcher,

And for every body there is a share of sickness,

وَإِنّيَ في أَهلي وَداري لِما أَرى

عَلَيكَ مِنَ السُقمِ الغَريبِ غَريبُ

And I, in my family and home, for what I see

Of the strange illness that has befallen you, am a stranger,

وَما كانَ يَدري ما الرَقيبُ فَذا الضَنى

رَقيبٌ عَلَيهِ وَالشِفاءُ حَبيبُ

And he did not know what a watcher was in his grief,

A watcher over him, while healing was his beloved,

وَإِن جَمُدَت فيهِ العُيونُ فَرُبَّما

تُلِحُّ عَلَيهِ في البُكاءِ قُلوبُ

And if eyes congealed in him, then perhaps

Hearts will insist on weeping over him,

فَلا اِنفَضَّ إِلّا بَعدَ برئِكَ عائِدٌ

وَلا غابَ إِلّا إِذ تَصِحُّ طَبيبُ

So he did not recover except after you were well again,

Nor was absent except when you were healed, O doctor,

وَأَيُّ زَمانٍ لا يُسَبِّبُ طيبَهُ

يَلَذُّ عَلى إِنعامِهِ وَيَطيبُ

And which time fails to make pleasant through his benevolence,

And becomes pleasant upon his blessings?

وَما عُدتُهُ بَل عُدتُ سُقمي بِقُربِهِ

وَمِمّا بِهِ ما لي عَلَيهِ رَقيبُ

Nor did I count his return, but rather I counted my sickness near him,

And of that which he has, I have no watcher over him,

أَغيبُ بِرَغمي ثُمَّ أُحضرُ عِندَهُ

فَأنظُرُ آثارَ الضَنى فَأَغيبُ

I disappear against my will, then I am brought to him,

So I look at the traces of grief, and then disappear.