أهلُ الحِمى قد أودَعوا

قلبي جوًى وودَّعوا

Those of passionate love have deposited

within my heart burning embers and bade farewell.

فقلْ لعُذالي اعذلوا

بعدَ نواهمْ أو دعوا

So say to my blamers, "Be gentle,

after their determination or leave off

بانوا فهل لقربهمْ

بعدَ التنائي مَرجِعُ

censure." Did they reveal

themselves, is there after estrangement a return?

أم هل لنا في عودِهمْ

الى الديارِ مطمعُ

Or do we have in their coming back

to homelands any hope?

تُذْكِرُني أيامَهمْ

حمامةٌ تُرجَّعُ

A dove recalls to me their days,

cooing mournfully,

فأنثني وقد تروَّتْ

مِن دموعي الأربٌعُ

So I bend, and copious tears

flow from my eyes.

وليس للدارِ وللتذَّكارِ

إلا الأدمُعِ

For the home and remembrance

there is naught but tears.