وما جرى من دمعه الاّ الذي

ضاقت عن اكتنافه ضلوعه

No tear has flowed except for the one

Whose ribs were too narrow to contain it

فملؤها فرط جوى تضيق عن

سماعه الاسماع لو يذيعه

So it filled him, the agony overflowing

Beyond what any ear could bear to hear

لا تحسبوا تعنيفكم رائعة

لم يبق بعد البين ما يروعه

Do not think your rebuke magnificent

When nothing remains to frighten him away

دعوه يتشفع بالدمع لمن

يهوى عسى ينفعه شفيعه

Let him plead with tears for the one

He loves—may it help his intercession!

وان أبى الا الجفا حبيبه

فليبك عمرا فى المنى تضييعه

And if his beloved persists in coldness

Then let him weep a lifetime of wasted years

ومربعا مؤهلا للوصل في

غير وصال درست ربوعه

And a square made ready for union but

Debarred, its gardens left to grow wild

تكّدرت مهجورة مياهه

وجفّ لا مرتبعا ربيعه

Its waters turned bitter in abandonment

Its spring dried up, untrod, unpeopled

لا غرو للمهجور واشتياقه

باق ينوب قلبه صدوعه

No wonder the abandoned longs so

His heart ever ripped by new wounds

ان البكاء ما دموعه

ثم يفيض بعده نجيعه

For tears are not mere water

Later overflowing into laments

وقد درى ان المراد وصله

عالى الجناب ابدا منيعه

He knows well the intended is to unite

But forever out of reach, unobtainable

يجل عن ذكر الله جماله

وان يرى بناظر بديعه

His beauty eclipses all mention of God

Though seen by most perfect eyes

فهو بكل مطمع مستمسك

ودائمم الى اللقا نزوعه

So he clings fast to every hope

And leans always towards reunion