الدَمعُ مُذ بَعُدَ الخَليطُ قَريبُ

وَالشَوقُ يَدعو وَالزَفيرُ يُجيبُ

Since you left, my tears flow near

Yearning calls, sighing answers clear

ما كُنتُ أَعلَمُ أَنَّ يَومَ فِراقِكُم

تُبقي عَلَيَّ نَواظِرٌ وَقُلوبُ

I did not know that your farewell day

Would leave me with watching eyes that stay

إِن لَم تَكُن كَبِدي غَداةَ وَداعِكُم

ذابَت فَأَعلَمُ أَنَّها سَتَذوبُ

If my liver was not melted when you went away

Then know it will melt and decay

داءٌ طَلَبتُ لَهُ الأُساةَ فَلَم يَكُن

إِلّا التَعَلُّلُ بِالدُموعِ طَبيبُ

An illness that I sought relief to heal

Only weeping tears could help me feel

إِما أَقَمتُ فَإِنَّ دَمعي غالِبٌ

لِعَواذِلي وَتَجَلُّدي مَغلوبُ

Whether I stayed my tears were unrestrained

My patience and composure they had gained

أَبقوا عَليلاً بَعدَهُم لا بُرؤُهُ

يُرجى وَلا الآمالُ فيهِ تَخيبُ

You left me sick, no hope or life anew

No wishes or dreams left to pursue

كَطَريدِ يَومِ الوِردِ طالَ هُيامُهُ

فَغَدا يَحومُ عَلى الرَدى وَيَلوبُ

Like game on the hunted runtime day

Now hovering o'er traces in disarray

بِفُؤادِهِ وَبِصَفحَتَيهِ مِنَ الصَدى

وَمِنَ الرِماءِ عَنِ الحِياضِ نُدوبُ

With his heart and cheek full of traces shown

Of arrows and stones from the meadow thrown

أَسوانُ يُفتِقُ صَبرُهُ إِفتاقَةً

أَمَماً وَبِغَمزُ بِالجَوى فَيَغيبُ

He whimpers his patience starts to crack

Hopes are dashed as tearful memories come back