يا صاحِبَيَّ تَصَدَّعَت كِبدي

أَشكو الغَداةَ إِلَيكُما وَجدي

O my friends, my liver is cracked

I complain to you both, my fervor

مِن حُبِّ جارِيَةٍ كَلِفتُ بِها

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ في بَني سَعدِ

Of love for a maid I was burdened with

She stayed in Mecca, among the tribe of Saad

حَلَّت بِمَكَّةَ وَالنَوى قُذُفٌ

هَيهاتَ مَكَّةُ مِن قُرى لُدِّ

She stayed in Mecca, while the purpose was discarded

Alas, Mecca, away from the homelands

لا دارُها داري فَتُسعِفَني

هَذا لَعَمرُكَ مِن شَقا جَدّي

Neither her home is my home, to give me relief

By your life, this is the most wretched fervor of mine

وَاللَهِ لا أَنسى مَقالَتَها

حَتّى أُضَمَّنَ مَيِّتاً لَحدي

By Allah, I won’t forget her words

Until I'm laid to rest in my grave

وَوَداعُها يَومَ الرَحيلِ وَقَد

زُمَّ المَطيُّ لِبَينِهِم تَخدي

And her farewell the day we departed

As the riding animal was ready between us

وَالعَينُ واكِفَةٌ وَقَد خَضِلَت

مِمّا تُفيضُ عَوارِضُ الخَدِّ

While my eyes were sleepless and had become

Discolored from the tears flowing down my cheek

اِذهَب فَدَيتُكَ غَيرَ مُبتَعِدٍ

لا كانَ هَذا آخِرَ العَهدِ

Go, may I ransom you, not distancing

For this was not the last covenant