وَيَأمُرُني مَن لا أُطيقُ بِهَجرِها

وَحَسبي بِهِ لَو كانَ يَنظُرُها حَسبي

He who I cannot bear to be estranged from me commands me,

And it would suffice me if he but looked upon her, it would suffice me,

يُشيرُ عَلى جِسمي بِفُرقَةِ قَلبِهِ

بَقيتَ كَذا هَل كانَ جِسمٌ بِلا قَلبِ

He intimates to my body the separation of his heart.

Yet I have remained thus - can a body exist without a heart?

وَإِنّي عَلى الأَيّامِ فيها لَعاتِبٌ

وَحاشا لِذاكَ الوَجهِ مِن أَلَمِ العَتبِ

And yet I reproach the days I spend in this state -

Far be it from that face to feel the pain of rebuke!