سَنَحَت لَنا بِلَوى العَقيقِ وَرُبَّما

عَرَضَ الزُلالُ وَزيدَ عَنهُ الفارِطُ

The sorrow of parting befell us, and at times

The shade of clouds passed, with continuous rain overflowing.

قَلبي وَطَرفي يَومَ حُمَّ لِقاؤُها

ضِدّانِ ذا راضٍ وَهَذا ساخِطُ

My heart and eyes on the day we meet,

Are opposites - one is pleased, the other angry.

نَظَرَت بِلا قَصدٍ فَأَقصَدتِ الحَشا

وَيُذيقُ طَعمَ المَوتِ سَهمٌ غالِطُ

You glanced unintentionally, so you reached my innermost being,

And an errant arrow inflicts the taste of death.

قُل لِلغَزالِ إِذا مَرَرتَ بِذي النَقا

فَلَعَلَّ جَأشَكَ لِلبِلابِلِ رابِطُ

Say to the gazelle, if you pass the one with a mark,

Perhaps your fear is for the nightingale held captive.

لِمَ أَنتَ في هِبَةِ القَليلِ مُناقِشٌ

أَبَداً وَفي عِدَةِ الوِصالِ مُغالِطُ

Why do you discuss the little gift,

Yet in counting the days of reunion, you deceive?