شَرقَتْ مدامعُهُ بفَيضِ دُموعه

إذ ضاقَ ذرْعاً في الهوى بخضوعِهِ

His tears flowed copiously with the outpouring of his weeping,

When love's devotion constrained him utterly.

ما زال يذرفُ دمعَه في خدِّهِ

حتى تَخدَّدَ خدُّهُ بنجيعه

He kept shedding tears on his cheek continuously,

Until his cheek was furrowed with its tracks.

أَلِفَ السُّهادَ فما يلائمُ مضجعاً

مذ حيل بين جفونِه وهجوعِه

He has gotten used to wakefulness, so no bed agrees with him,

Since between his eyelids and sleep came an obstacle.

لله ما صنعَ الهوى بمتَيَّمٍ

زفراتُه تَسْتَنُّ بين ضلوعِه

What has love done to one broken by passion!

His sighs can be discerned among his ribs.

لا تسمعي قَولَ الوُشاةِ فإِنَّه

لم تُصغِ لي أُذُنٌ إلى مَسموعِه

Do not listen to the words of slanderers, for

No ear has listened to their vile, false stories.

فلقد أطلعتِ الهجرَ فيَّ تعمّداً

علماً بأني فيك غير مُطيعِه

You have set separation over me deliberately,

Knowing full well that I cannot disobey you.

فحمدتُ يومَ البين سرَّ فَعالِه

وذممتُ يومَ الوصل حُسنَ صنيعه

I praised the day we parted for its mysterious deed,

And blamed the day we came together for its foul act.

تُدني النصيفَ على أغرَّ كأنه

بدر السماءِ أنارَ عندَ طلوعه

You offer me a drink of tears as if it were

The full moon that illuminates at its rising.

وترى لها في الخدِّ ورداً كلَّما

أَبدته ملَّ الدهرُ وَردَ ربيعه

On her cheek you see a rose that, whenever

She reveals it, fills the world with the bloom of spring.