تَصابي وَما بَعضُ التَصابي بِطائِلِ

وَعاوَدَ مِن هِندٍ جَوى غَيرُ زائِلِ

The blamers persist, though some blaming is fruitless,

And from India returned a love unceasing,

كَما نُكِسَت هَيماءُ أُحدِثَ رَدعُها

بِمُستَنقَعٍ أَعراضُهُ لِلهَوامِلِ

As Uhud's valley was overturned, its deterrence renewed

With a marsh whose sides bear litters,

عَشِيَّةَ قالَت صَدَّعَت غُربَةُ النَوى

فَما مِن لِقاءٍ بَينَنا دونَ قابِلِ

At evening she said, "Absence of home has split my head,

So between us no meeting but through a reconciler,"

وَما أَنسَ مِلأَشياءِ لا أَنسَ مَجلِساً

لَنا مَرَّةً مِنها بِقَرنِ المَنازِلِ

And I miss no places, but miss a session

For us once therewith, at the turn of the lodgings,

بِنَخلَةَ بَينَ النَخلَتَينِ تُكِنُّنا

مِنَ العَينِ خَوفَ العَينِ بُردَ المَراجِلِ

By a palm tree between two palm trees that shelter us

From spying eyes, the chill wind of the cooking pots.