طالَ لَيلي لِسُرى طَيفٍ أَلَم
فَنَفى النَومَ وَأَجداني السَقَم
My friend, whose wandering ghost brought pain
That stole my sleep and made illness remain,
طَيفِ ريمٍ شَطَّهُ أَوطانُهُ
فَهيَ لَم تَدنُ وَلَيسَت بِأَمَم
Her lands have called Rim home again
Yet still she does not come, forever in vain
مَن رَسولٌ ناصِحٌ يُخبِرُنا
عَن مُحِبٍّ مُستَهامٍ قَد كَتَم
Is there no loyal friend who can explain
The secret sorrow of this silent swain?
حُبَّهُ حَتّى تَبَلّى جِسمُهُ
وَبَراهُ طولُ أَحزانٍ وَهَم
His love so strong his body lies in chains
Long grief and cares have brought him bane
ذاكَ مَن يَبخَلُ عَنّي بَالَّذي
لَو بِهِ جادَ شَفاني مِن سَقَم
He who denies what would end my pain
Though freely given would make me sane
كُلَّما ساءَلتُهُ خَيراً أَبى
وَبِلاءٍ شَدَّ ظَهراً وَاِعتَصَم
Whenever I ask, he refuses in disdain
Back turned, rejecting me outright again
لَجَّ فيما بَينَنا قَولاً بِلا
لَيتَ لا مَن قالَها نالَ الصَمَم
Words between us that would better remain unsaid
Wish they'd struck us both mute and dead
وَلَوَ أَنّي كانَ ما أَطلُبُهُ
عِندَنا يَطلُبهُ قُلتُ نَعَم
If what I ask for was here instead
When he asked, yes I would have said
وَأَراهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ يَجتَني
عِلَلاً في غَيرِ جُرمٍ يُجتَرَم
Yet still each day he finds suspect
Though I've committed no crime, shows no respect
ظَنُّها بي ظَنُّ سوءٍ فاحِشٍ
وَبِها ظَنّي عَفافٌ وَكَرَم
His thoughts impugn, though mine aim to protect
When he opines, I come correct
وَإِذا قالَ مَقالاً جِئتُهُ
وَإِذا قُلتُ تَأَبّى وَظَلَم
When I speak out, he turns away in neglect
How can justice treat us as equal in effect?
كَيفَ هَذا يَستَوي في حُكمِهِ
أَنَّهُ بَرٌّ وَأَنّي مُتَّهَم
When he is right and I stand suspect
We named him judge to rule without defect
قَد تَراضَيناهُ عَدلاً بَينَنا
وَجَعَلناهُ أَميراً وَحَكَم
Now he must see fit to reconnect
And rectify where once there was defect
فَعَلَيهِ الآنَ أَن يُنصِفَنا
وَيُجِدَّ اليَومَ ما كانَ صَرَم
Or step down if he cannot reflect
And let us judge if we intersect
أَو يَرُدَّ الحُكمَ عَنهُ بِالرِضا
فَعَلَينا حُكمُهُ فيما اِحتَكَم
Though some oppose, his word we respect
We care not if it causes them defect
وَلَهُ الحُكمُ عَلى رَغمِ العِدى
لا نُبالي سُخطَ مَن فيهِ رَغَم
