أَرى وِصالَكَ لا يَصفُو لآملِهِ
وِالهَجرُ يَتبَعُهُ رَكضاً عَلى الأَثَرِ
I see that union with you is never unclouded for one who hopes for it;
I see our union brings no peace to my hopes
And parting follows it, racing on its heels.
And separation pursues it swiftly thereafter
كَالقَوسِ أَقرَبُ سَهميها إِذا عَطَفت
عَلَيهِ أَبعَدُها عَن مَنزَعِ الوَترِ
Like a bow: the nearer of its two arrows, when it bends
Like the bow - the nearer it is bent
Around it, is the farther from the bowstring’s drawing point.
The further from the bowstring flies the arrow
Sol 6.1