دَعْ عَنْكَ صَنْعا هذِهِ ال

أَحْبَابُ عَنْها أَتْهَمَتْ

Leave off this crafting, for it but accuses

Of slander those you love when they depart

كَيْفَ الْمُقامُ بِبَلْدَةٍ

غَابَ الضّيَاءُ فَأَظْلَمَتْ

How can one stay where all the light is gone

And only gloom remains to fill the heart