تَعاوَرَ قَلبي نازِلٌ بَعدَ نازِلِ

فَما خِلتُهُ إِلّا كَبَعضِ المَنازِلِ

My heart has descended, step by step

Leaving it like some of the dwellings

وَسيعٌ كَما تَدري اللَيالي فَكُلَّما

أتتهُ الأَماني خالَفَت كُلَّ عاذِلِ

Spacious, as you know, are the nights, so whenever

Hopes came to it, they defied all blamers

وَأَعقَبَني وَصلَ الأَحِبَّةِ هَجرُهُم

وَلِذَّةَ ذاكَ العَتبِ قَولُ العَواذِلِ

And after connecting me, their separation hit me

And for the pleasure of that reproach, the words of the blamers

فَيا أَسهُماً للَحظِ كانَت فَأَصبَحَت

سِهامَ رَدىً قَد أُثبِتَت في المَقاتِلِ

So oh, arrows that used to be for fortune but became

Arrows of misfortune, implanted into the warriors

وَكُنتُ عَنِ الأَيّامِ في أَيِّ غَفلَةٍ

وَكَم غافِلٍ في الناسِ عَن غَيرِ غافِلِ

And I was heedless of the days, in what heedlessness!

And how many heedless among the people of other than the heedless

قَوِيٌّ بِخَدّي مِن هُمومٍ بِمَفرَقٍ

ضَعيفٌ بِكَفّي مِن دُموعٍ بِسائِلِ

Strong of cheek from worries in chaos

Weak of palm from tears that flow

أَعذّالَهَ ذَكَّرتُموهُ فَأَنتُمُ

بِرُجعانِ ما ذَكَّرتُمُ كَالصَياقِلِ

You reminded the unmindful, so you are

Like the polishers, by reminding, unmindful

وَأَرهَنتُمُ خَدَّ الهَوى وَجَلَوتُمُ

عَلَيهِ وُجوهاً في صَقيلٍ مُقاتِلِ

And you have pledged the cheek of passion and refined

Upon it faces in deadly polish