أَلَم تَعلَم بِما صَنَعَ الفِراقُ

عَشِيَّةَ جَدِّ بِالحَيِّ اِنطِلاقُ

Did you not know what separation did

The evening it left in earnest from the tribe

بَلى قَد ماتَ مِن جَزَعٍ وَخَلّى

مَعَ الأَظعانِ مُهجَتَهُ تُساقُ

Indeed he died of anguish and left behind

His broken heart carried away in suffering

وَلَيسَ عَلَيهِ شَيءٌ غَيرَ هَذا

كَذاكَ يُميتُ بِالخَوفِ الفُراقُ

And he had nothing but this upon him

Thus does parting kill with fear

وَما أَدري وَقَد حَثّوا المَطايا

أَيَحمِلُ شُرَّ بَرقٌ أَم بُراقُ

And I do not know, though they hastened the steeds

Whether lightning or al-Burāq would bring evil

فَكَم رَدَّ الأَعِنَّةِ مِن جُموحٍ

وَرَدَّ دموعُ حُزنٍ لا تُطاقُ

So many tears it held back from passionate eyes

And so many tears of sorrow unbearable fell