بانَ الخَليتُ وَبَينُهُم شَغَفُ

وَالدارُ أَحياناً بِهِم قَذَفُ

The longing between us was ardent

And the house would at times cast us off

ما عَوَّدوكَ بِنَأيِ دارِهِمُ

قُربَ الجِوارِ فَفيمَ تَلتَهِفُ

They did not accustom you to staying away from their house

Why yearn when neighbors are near?

وَلَقَد تَرى أَن لا يُذَلِّلُها

أَنَّ الفُؤادَ بِذِكرِها كَلِفُ

You see that it does not humble her

That the heart is burdened with the thought of her

زَعَموا بِأَنَّ البَينَ بَعدَ غَدٍ

فَالقَلبُ مِمّا أَزمَعوا يَجِفُ

They claimed that tomorrow the distance grows far

Yet the heart is desiccated by their intentions

حَلَفوا لَقَد قَطَعوا بَينُهُمُ

وَحَلَفتُ أَلفاً مِثلَما حَلَفوا

They have sworn they cut ties between them

And I swore a thousand oaths just as they swore

لَم أَنسَ مَوقِفَنا وَمَوقِفَها

لِتَراجُعٍ وَلَحَينُنا يَقِفُ

I do not forget our stance, nor hers

Awaiting return, our stances frozen

نَشكو وَتَشكو بَعضَ ما وَجَدَت

كُلٌّ لِوَشكِ البَينِ مُعتَرِفُ

We complain, and she complains, of what we each felt

Each admitting agony from the separation

وَمَقالَها وَدُموعُها سَجَمٌ

أَقلِل حَنينَكَ حينَ تَنصَرِفُ

Her words and her tears, a hot brand

Lessen your yearning when you leave

عَنّا إِذا دارٌ بِكُم نَزَحَت

وَدَعا لِأُخرى قَلبُكَ الطَرِفُ

If a house turns you all away from us

And your fickle heart is tempted by another