بانَ الخَليطُ وَلَم يُطِق صَبرا

وَوَجَدتُ طَعمَ فِراقِهِم مُرّا

The blend has cleared, and I could not bear patience,

And I found the taste of their separation bitter,

وَكَأَنَّما الأَمطارُ بَعدَهُمُ

كَسَتِ الطُلولُ غَلائِلاً خُضرا

And it is as if the rains after them

Are the washing of the meadows, green garments.

هَل تَذكُرينَ وَأَنتِ ذاكِرَةٌ

مَشيَ الرَسولِ إِلَيكُمُ سِرّا

Do you remember, while you remember,

The Prophet's secret walk to you?

أَن يَغفَلوا يُسرِع لِحاجَتِهِ

وَإِذا رَأوهُ أَحسَنَ العُذرا

That they are heedless, he hastens to his need,

And when they see him, he makes the best excuse.

فَطِنٌ يُؤَدّي ما يُقالُ لَهُ

وَيَزيدُ بَعضَ حَديثِنا سِحرا

Clever, he performs what is said to him,

And adds to some of our talk magic.

قالَت لِأَترابٍ خَلَونَ بِها

وَبَكَت فَبَلَّلَ دَمعُها النَحرا

She said to intimates who were alone with her,

And she wept, so her tears wet the bosom.

ما بالُهُ قَطَعَ الوِصالِ وَلَم

يَسمَح زِيارَةَ بَينَنا شَهرا

What is with him? He cut off the connection and did not

Allow a visit between us for a month.

يا لَيتُهُ في مَجلِسٍ مَعَنا

نَشكو إِلَيهِ النَأيَ وَالهَجرا

If only he were in a gathering with us,

We would complain to him of the estrangement and separation.

حَتّى طَرَقتُ عَلى مُخاطَرَةٍ

أَطَأُ الصَوارِمَ وَالقَنا السُمرا

Until I knocked on an adventure

That mounts swords and spears and arrows.

يا لَيلَةً ما كانَ أَقصَرَها

لا زِلتُ أَشكُرُ بَعدَها الدَهرا

O night, how short it was!

I still thank fate after it.