يا رشأ حظِّىَ إبعادهُ
وحظ غَيرىَ منه إسعاده
O gazelle, my lot is for you to drive me away,
while another’s lot is the happiness you bestow.
خبتُ وكلٌ نال منكَ العُلى
أسعد أهل الحب أَوغاده
I came away disappointed, while all others gained the heights through you;
the most fortunate of love’s devotees are its basest men.
بي ظمأٌ بّرح لكنّه
زهد في المَوردِ ورَّاده
A fierce thirst torments me; and yet
those who frequent the watering place disdain it.
Sol 5.6