أَعْنْ ذِكْرِها يَسْلُو الْفُؤادُ الْمُبَلْبَلُ

وأَدْنَى الْهَوَى إنْ صَحَّ دَعْواكَ يَقْتُلُ

The mention of her brings solace to my troubled heart,

And the closest love, if your call be true, kills.

لَعَمْرُكِ يا فَتَّانَةَ الْحُسْنِ إنّني

لِبْعْدِكِ مُضْنىً والمَدَامِعُ تَهْمُلُ

By your life, O beauty of beauty! I am, because of your distance,

Misery-laden, while tears flow.

ومَنْ كانَ يَهْوى مِثْلَ هِنْدٍ فإنّهُ

يَرَى وَصْلَها كُلَّ الذي هُوَ يَأْمُلُ

He who loves one like Hind, will indeed see

The fulfillment of all he hopes.

إِذَا فاقَ مَحْبوبُ الْفَتَى في جَمالِهِ

فكَيْفَ يَليقُ الصَّبْر أَمْ كَيْفَ يَجْمُلُ

When the beloved surpasses the lover in beauty,

How can there be patience? Where is grace?

وإنَّ فَتًى قَدْ طالَ شَوْطُ غَرامِهِ

وقَدْ ناهَزَ الْخَمْسينَ يُلْحَى ويَعْذَلُ

A man whose passion has lasted long,

And who is past fifty, blamed and censured,

فإنْ نَظَرَ الْعُذّالُ وَجْهَ حَبِيبِهِ

فَبِالعُذْرِ مِنْهُمُ ذَلكَ الْعَذْلُ يُبْذَلُ

If the censurers but look on his beloved's face,

Their censure itself is excused.

أَبا أَحْمَدٍ هَلْ يَجْمَعُ اللهُ بَيْنَنا

بسَفْحِ اللِّوىَ واللهُ ما شَاءَ يَفْعَلُ

Abu Ahmad! Will God join us

On the meadows of al-Liwa? God does what He wills.

فَقَدْ حَدَّثْتْني النَّفْسُ أنْ اجْتِماعَنا

قَريبٌ وفي اللهِ الرَّجا والْمُعَوَّلُ

My soul has told me our meeting is near,

And in God is hope and reliance.

تَذَكّرْ هَدَاكَ اللهُ نَظْماً تَقَدَّمَتْ

إليكَ بِه مِنّي يَرَاعٌ ومِقْوَلُ

Remember the poem I sent you before

Containing counsel and words.

وسَلْ مَنْ بَنىَ السَّبْعَ الطِّباقَ ومَنْ دَحا

الأَراضِي بِجَمْع الشَّمْلِ فالجَمْعُ أَجْمَلُ

Greet the builder of the seven-tiered house, and the one who

Spread the lands by uniting. Unity is best.

ولا تَكُ ذا يَأْسٍ عَنِ الْوَصْلِ بَعْدَما

تَطاوَلَ بَيْنق فالرَّجا مِنْكَ أَمْثَلُ

Despair not of union after the distance prolonged between us.

Hope from you is more befitting.

ودُمْ سَالِماً يا فَرْدَ آلِ مُحَمّدٍ

ولا تَنْسَنِي إنَّ الدُّعا مِنْكَ يُقْبَلُ

Live in peace, O peerless one of Muhammad's line,

And forget me not, for a prayer from you is answered.