كفّي الملامَ كفى عذابُهُ

ذهبَ الصِّبا وخبا شهابُه

Enough! No more blame! The torment was enough.

Youth has gone and the meteors have dimmed.

عَجَباً عتابك للّذي

قد طالَ في الدنيا عتابُه

What a wonder your reproach is to the one

Whose reproach in the world was prolonged.

هَيّا اقرإي أسرارَ قَلـ

ـبٍ شُقّ من وجدٍ حجابُه

Come! Read the secrets of a heart

Torn with love - how heavy were its veils!

قُولي لَهُ كيفَ السّبِيـ

ـلُ إِلى العزاءِ وأينَ بَابُه

Say to him, how can one reach consolation,

And where is the door to it?

من قبل أن يقضي الهوى

ويضيعَ في الدنيَا كتابُه

Before desire comes to an end

And its writ gets lost in the world.