يا أَخاً لم أَر في الناسِ خِلّا
مِثلَه أعجبَ هَجراً وَوَصلا
O friend whom I have not seen among people
One like him, so wondrous in estrangement and reunion
كُنتَ في أَول يَومي صَديقاً
فَعَلى عَهدِكَ أَمسَيتَ أَم لا
You were on my first day a friend
Yet by your covenant, did you not become a mother
