سلا المنازِلَ والأطلالُ والحلَلا

هل بعدَ سكانِها قلبي المشوقُ سلا

I asked the abandoned camps and ruins, and the traces,

Has after its inhabitants my longing heart asked, how they are?

كيفَ السلو وما زالت محاسنَهم

في مقلَتي وإن شطّ النوى مثَلا

How is the night getting along, and their beauty still remains

In my eyes, even if the affection has been exemplarily severed,

رموا فؤاديَ بالأحزانِ بعدَهم

وألزموهُ على بعدِ المَدا علَلا

They have burdened my heart with sorrows after them,

And burdened it with yearning from afar, with illnesses,

قد كنتُ أخشى فواقاً قد رُمِيتَ بهِ

وكنتُ قبلَ التنائي خائِفاً وجِلا

I used to fear a separation I was afflicted with,

And before the parting I was fearful and anxious,

ما لَذَّ لي مطعمٌ بعدَ الحبيبِ ولا

عذبُ المشاربِ بعد الظاعنينَ حَلا

No food tasted good after the beloved, nor

Were drinks sweet after those who revived my flames,

أستودِعُ اللَه مَن كانت لطلعتَها

السعادَةُ والإقبالُ متَصِلا

I entrust to God whoever their rising star

Was happiness and ascendance without cessation,

عليكِ مِنّا سلامٌ لا يزالُ فما

تركتِ بعدكِ إلّا بالجوى قتَلا

From us to you greetings that will not cease, so what

You left after you except embers that kill?