لا نالَ قَلبي مِنكُمُ ما أَمَّلا

إِن كانَ يَوماً عَن مَحَبَّتِكُم سَلا

My heart gained not what I hoped from you

If ever it turned from loving you one day

وَحُرمتُ ما أَرجوهُ مِن لُقياكُمُ

إِن حَلَّ قَلبي في سِواكُمُ أَو حَلا

I've been denied what I desire of meeting you

If it settles on other than you, turned astray

أَحبابنا عودوا إِلى عَهدِ الصِبا

وَعِدوا بِوَصلِكُمُ المُحِبَّ المُبتَلا

My friends, return to the pact of youth

Fulfill your promise to reunite, don't delay

وَإِذا بَخِلتُم بِالسَلامِ فَحَمّلوا

رَيّاكُمُ ريحُ الصَبا وَالشَمالا

And if you're miserly with your greeting

May the east wind blow you and the north wind away

حَمَّلتُم العُشّاقَ أَثقالَ الهَوى

لَمّا تَبَدّى رَكبُكُم مُتَحَمِّلا

You've burdened lovers with love's heavy load

When your traveling party packed up and moved away

وَسَفَحتُمُ دَمَ أَدمُعي لَمّا غَدا

سَفحُ الغُوَيرِ لَكُم بَرغمي مَنزِلا

And you shed my bloody tears when you left

Your dwellings spilled them, though I pled you to stay

عَلَقتكُم طِفلاً فَشَيَّبَ لِمَّتي

طولَ التَجافي وَالتَجَنُّب والقِلا

I clung to you as a child, till my hair turned grey

From long estrangement, aloofness, and betrayal

رقّوا لقَلب حَليفِ وَجدٍ ما عَصى

أَمرَ الغَرامِ وَلا أَطاعَ العُذَّلا

Take pity on a heart, ally of passion, that ne'er

Disobeyed love's command, nor flouted its sway

ماذا يُعيدُ لَيالِياً قَضَّيتها

طيباً وَعصرُ صِباً مَضى فَتَبَدَّلا

What can bring back nights I spent in joy and prime

That have passed, changed, not to return, melted away?