رَثُّ حَبلُ الوَصلِ وَاِنصَرَما

مِن حَبيبٍ هاجَ لي سَقَما

The bonds of love are worn and torn asunder,

By a beloved who brought me only pain.

كِدتُ أَقضي إِذ رَأَيتُ لَهُ

مَنزِلاً بِالخَيفِ قَد طَسَما

When I saw he had made his dwelling

In the valley of al-Khayf, I nearly died.

لا تَرى إِلّا الرَمادَ بِهِ

وَمَغاني القِدرِ وَالحُمَما

There you see only ashes remain

And cooking pots and embers.

وَمَخَطَّ النُؤيِ مَرَّ بِهِ

مَدفَعٌ لِلسَيلِ فَاِنهَدَما

The torrent's course was impeded

By a dam, now collapsed in disarray.