وحمّامٍ حَللتُ به لكَيْما

أفوزَ براحةٍ فيه ونَفْعِ

With a dove I entered in hopes

Of gaining peace and benefit therein

وكنتُ عَقيبَ هجرٍ من حبيبٍ

أَكَلَّ تَصَبُّري وأصَمَّ سمعي

Yet after being estranged from a beloved

My patience was consumed and hearing deafened

فقلت لعلَّني أخلو فأبكي

بكاءً جهدَ مقدِرتي ووُسْعي

So I thought perhaps in solitude I may weep

A weeping that exhausted my ability and means

فلما أن حصلتُ به بَدا لي

مع المقدورِ جَمْعٌ أيُّ جمع

But when in it I was enabled

What collection with the destined - any collection

فظَلْتُ مفكرا في ضَعْف قَسْمي

من الحالَيْن في أصلٍ وفرع

Thus I remained thinking on the weakness of my fortune

In both states in origin and branch

وقد عُدِم الوقود وليس ماءٌ

فردّهما له نَفَسي ودَمْعِي

And lacking were fuel and water

So my breath and tears restored them

فظلّ الناس في رَغَدٍ وزادوا

فعادوا يسألون وَشيك رَجْعي

Yet people remained in prosperity and increased

Then returned asking and soon my return