إِنَّ الخَليطَ مُوَدِّعوكَ غَدا

قَد أَجمَعوا مِن بَينِهِم أَفَدا

The companions who bid you farewell tomorrow

Have agreed among themselves to sacrifice themselves for you

وَأَراكَ إِن دارٌ بِهِم نَزَحَت

لا شَكَّ تَهلِكُ إِثرَهُم كَمَدا

And if a house with them departs

It will surely perish after them completely

ما هَكَذا أَحبَبتَ قَبلَهُمُ

مِمَّن يُجَدُّ وِصالُهُ أَحَدا

You had not loved like this before them

One whose union is rare to find

قالَت لِمِنصَفَةٍ تُراجِعُها

فَأَذابَ ما قَد قالَتِ الكَبِدا

She said to one reproaching her

So he melted what she had said in her core

الحَينُ ساقَ إِلى دِمِشقَ وَما

كانَت دِمِشقُ لِأَهلِنا بَلدا

Now he is brought to Damascus though

Damascus was not a town for our family

إِلّا تَكاليفَ الشَقاءِ بِمَن

لَم تُمسِ مِنّا دارُهُ صَدَدا

Except for the burdens of misery upon one

Whose abode adversity had not touched

مُتَنَقِّلاً ذا مَلَّةٍ طَرِفاً

لا يَستَقيمُ لِواصِلٍ أَبَدا

Roaming, of fickle allegiance

That does not settle for a constant companion

قالَت لِذاكَ جُزيتِ فَاِعتَرِفي

إِذ تَبعَثينَ بِكُتبِهِ البُرُدا

She said to him you are rewarded so confess

When you send me your missives

فَالأَنَ ذوقي ما جُزيتِ لَهُ

صَبراً لِما قَد جِئتِ مُعتَمِدا

So now taste what you are rewarded with

Patience for what you came relying on

إِنَّ المَليكَ أَبى بِقُدرَتِهِ

أَن تَعلَمي ما تَكسِبينَ غَدا

Indeed the King has refused with his power

That you know what you will gain tomorrow