متى يرحم المشتاق والوامق المضنى

فقد زاده الهجران مع وهنه وهنا

When will the longing lover find mercy, exhausted as he is?

Separation has increased his weakness and frailty.

حجى والحجى قد فرمنه وما رجى

له عودة حيث الحجى يتبع الظعنا

My love, he has departed, defeating me, though I had no hope

Of his return, for my love follows the zebras.

مضى قاصداً حياً حياتي عندهم

خفاء وأبقاني لفرط الأسى رهنا

He left willfully, taking my life with him,

Leaving me concealed in intense sorrow as a hostage.

درى أنني صب معنى بحبه

دوائي رؤياه فضن بما ظنا

He knows I am devoted in my love for him.

Seeing him is my remedy, though he assumed wrongly.

خبوت هواه عن صديق وكاشح

مدى العمر لا أبديه حاشا وان أفنى

His love for me has faded unlike a loyal friend

I will never forget him, even if I perish.

لأني وفي إن صفى لي وان جفى

حرام على قلبي الجفاء الذي يعنى

Because if he is loyal or disloyal to me

It would be wrong for my heart to be unfaithful.

فيا عوضاً لولاك ما بت ساهراً

معنى صريع الوجد انتظر الدفنا

Oh, if not for you I would not stay up nightly

Loving you, waiting for my burial.