إِنَّ الحَبيبَ أَلَمَّ بِالرَكبِ

لَيلاً فَباتَ مُجانِباً صَحبي

The beloved pained me at nightfall

And passed the night estranged from me

فَفَزِعتُ مِن نَومِ عَلى وَسَنٍ

وَذَكَرتُ ما قَد هاجَ مِن نُصبي

I awoke in fright from a dream-filled sleep

And recalled the adversity that plagued me

زارَت رُمَيلَةُ زائِراً في صُحبَةٍ

أَحبِب بِها زَوراً عَلى عَتبِ

Rumaylah came visiting in the company of friends

With whom I feigned affection at her threshold

زَوراً لَعَمري شَفَّ قَلبي ذِكرُهُ

سَكَنَ الغَديرَ فَلَيسَ مِن شَعبي

Feigned, by my life - the memory soothed my heart

The pool grew still, no longer a raging sea

وَأَنا اِمرُؤٌ بِقَرارِ مَكَّةَ مَسكِني

وَلَها هَوايَ فَقَد سَبَت قَلبي

I who dwell in Mecca, my abode,

Am enamored of her, she captivated my heart

وَلَقَد حَفِظتُ وَما نَسيتُ مَقالَها

عِندَ الرَحيلِ هَجَرَتنا حِبّي

I remember still and have not forgotten her words

When we parted, she deserted me, my love

وَبَدَت لَنا عِندَ الفِراقِ بِكُربَةٍ

وَلَنا بِذَلِكَ أَفضَلُ الكَربِ

At our separation, grief showed itself to us

Yet in that is my finest agony

قالَت رُمَيلَةُ حينَ جِئتُ مُوَدِّعاً

ظُلماً بِلا تِرَةٍ وَلا ذَنبِ

Rumaylah said when I came to bid farewell

Unjustly, without fault or crime

هَذا الَّذي وَلّى فَأَجمَعَ رِحلَةً

وَاِبتاعَ مِنّا البُعدَ بِالقُربِ

"This one who turned away and journeyed off

And bought from us distance in place of nearness"

فَأَجَبتُها وَالدَمعُ مِنّي مُسبِلٌ

سَكبٌ وَدَمعي دائِمُ السَكبِ

I answered her, with copious tears flowing from me

Pouring down while my weeping poured forth

إِن قَد سَلَوتُ عَنِ النِساءِ سِواكُمُ

وَهَجَرتُهُنَّ فَحُبُّكُم طِبّي

"I have asked about women other than you

And shunned them - for your love is my delight"