حَيْثُ المَغَاني حَبِيبٌ زَادَني شَجَنَا

إِنْ حَلَّ دارَ الهَوَى دَارَى وإنْ سَكَنَا

Where the singers are, a beloved has increased my longing

Whether the abode of passion becomes my abode or we settle

واللَّه ما قَرَّ قَلْبِي بَعْدَ فُرْقَتِهِ

شَوْقاً لِرُؤْيَتهِ حِيناً ولا سَكَنَا

By Allah, my heart has not settled after his separation

Yearning to see him for a moment or be calmed

وَاهاً لَهُ سَكَناً لَوْ أذْهَبَت أَرَقِي

أوْ سَكَّنَتْ قَلَقِي وَاهاً لَهُ سَكَنا

Woe to him for calming me, if my insomnia had gone

Or stilled my restlessness, woe to him for calming me