ذَكَرتُكِ ذَكرَةَ لا ذاهِلٍ

وَلا نازِعٍ قَلبُهُ وَالجَنانُ

I remembered you with a memory that does not forget

Nor does the heart of the one remembering dispute

أُعاوِدُ مِنكِ عِدادَ السَليمِ

فَيا دينَ قَلبِيَ ماذا يُدانُ

I count again the days of wellness

So oh my heart's religion, what can be condemned?

عَواطِفُ مِن مُقلِقاتِ الغَرا

مِ يَومَ دُموعي بِها أَروِنانُ

Emotions disturb me since the day

My tears with them became abundant

وَيَأبى الجَوى أَن أُسِرَّ الجَوى

إِذا مُلِئَ القَلبُ فاضَ اللِسانُ

And the passion refuses that I confide the passion

When the heart fills, the tongue overflows

وَما خَيرُ عَينٍ خَبا نورُها

وَيُمنى يَدٍ جُذَّ مِنها البَنانُ

And what good is an eye whose light is gone?

Or a right hand from which the fingers are cut off?

فَيا أَثَرَ الحُبُّ أَنّى بَقيتَ

وَقَد بانَ مِمَّن أُحِبُّ العِيانُ

So oh trace of love! Where did you remain

When the one I loved became clearly seen?

وَقالوا تَسَلَّ بِأَترابِها

فَأَينَ الشَبابُ وَأَينَ الزَمانُ

And they said, "Be distracted with your peers"

So where is youth and where is time?