كُلَّ يَومٍ لَكَ بَينٌ وَاِحتِمالٌ

وَبِعادٌ عَن حَبيبِ وَزِيال

Each day for you is clear and endurable

And distance from a beloved and friend

وَوُقوفٌ في مَغانٍ دُرَّسٍ

بانَ أَهلوها وَأَطلالٍ خَوال

And standing in inhabited and flourishing places

Whose people have left and which are now empty ruins

ما لِلَيلاتٍ تَقَضَّت بِالحِمى

مُقمِراتٍ سَبَقَت تِلكَ اللَيال

What happened to those nights that passed with feverish longing

Brilliant, preceded by those nights

قَصُرَت أَمسِ مَعَ الوَصلِ لَنا

وَهِيَ اليَومَ مَعَ الهَجرِ طِوال

Yesterday was short with union between us

While today with separation is long

حَيثُ حيرانُ الغَضا لي جيرَةٌ

وَالنَوى ما خَطَرَت مِنّا بِبال

Where the young, tender branches are neighbors to me

And the intentions never occurred to us