وَدَّعْتُ مِنْكَ فُؤَادِي يَوْمَ تَرْحَالِي

فَلاَ تَسَلْ بَعْدَ ذَاكَ الْيَوْمِ عَنْ حَالِي

I bade farewell to my heart the day I departed

So ask no more after that day about my state

جَارَ الزَّمَانُ عَلَى ضَعْفِي وَأَرْخَصَ مَا

قَدْ صُنْتُهُ قَبْلَهَا مِنْ دَمْعِيَ الْغَالِي

Time has been harsh on my weakness and devalued

What I had preserved of my precious tears

لاَ الْمَاءُ بَعْدَكَ مَاءٌ حِينَ أَشْرَبُهُ

وَلاَ الطَّعَامُ طَعَامٌ حِينَ يُدْنَى لِي

Water after you is no water when I drink it

Food is no food when set close for me

وَلاَ يَلّذ حَدِيثُ النَّاسِ فِي أُذُنِي

وَلاَ يَجُولُ جَمَالُ الْكَوْنِ فِي بَالِي

People's talk gives no delight to my ears

Beauty of the universe stirs not in my thoughts

قَدْ كُنْتَ أَهْلِي وَمَالِي وَالشَّبِيبَةَ لِي

فَلاَ شَبَابِي وَلاَ أَهْلِي وَلاَ مَالِي

You were my family, wealth and youthfulness

So no more youth or family or wealth have I

ضَرَائِرُ الدَّهْرِ سَارَتْ عَنْ دِيَارِكَ لَوْ

لاَ الضَّرُورَةُ لَمْ يَخْطُرْ عَلَى بَالِي

The woes of fate have departed from your abode

Had not necessity, they'd not occur to my mind

قَالُوا سَلاَ حَرَّكَتْ أَشْوَاقَه فَسَلاَ

وَاللَّهِ مَا كُنْتُ يَوْماً عَنكَ بِالسَّالِي

They said: "Yearning stirred her longing" - no, by God

I was never for a day done with yearning for you

إِنْ كَانَ لِي بَعْدَ بُعْدِي عَنْكَ مِنْ أَمَلِ

إِلاَّ لِقَاؤُكَ لاَ بُلِّغْتُ آمَالِي

If after my remoteness from you I have

Any hope except to meet you - I'd attain my hopes