أَقولُ لِأَسماءَ اِشتِكاءً وَلا أُرى

عَلى إِثرِ شَيءٍ قَد تَفاوَتَ مُجزَعا

I say to Asma, complaining, yet I see no

Sign that anything has changed, to my dismay

أَلَم تَعلَمي يا أَسمَ أَنّي مُغاضِبٌ

أَحَبَّ جَميعِ الناسِ لَو جُمِّعوا مَعا

Don't you know, O Asma, that I am angry

With all people, were they gathered today

وَأَنَّ اللَيالي طُلنَ مُنذُ هَجَرتِني

وَكُنَّ قِصاراً قَبلَ أَن نَتَصَدَّعا

The nights since you abandoned me are long

And once short, before we grew apart

وَأَن لَم نَزَل مُنذُ اِهتَجَرنا كَأَنَّني

مُعادٍ فِراشي ما أُلايِمُ مَضجَعا

Since we became estranged, I remain as though

I shared my bed with tribulation and smart