ما يُنكِرُ الأخْلِياءُ من كمَدي

لا جَزَعِي مُسْعِدِي ولا جَلَدِي

My friends do not deny my determination

Neither my courage nor my patience.

خانَ اصطباري وغاضَ بعد نَوى ال

أَحبابِ دَمعي وكان من عُدَدي

My endurance has been betrayed and after intention

My teardrops joined my beloved's count.

وكلَّما أُضرِمتْ حَشَايَ لذِكْ

راهُم تأَوَّهتُ ثمَّ قلت قَدي

And whenever the fires of remembrance were kindled

I sighed, then said "enough of my self-pity!"

فلو رَمَتْ بالشّرارِ بَعدَهُمُ

أحْنَاءُ صَدري ما قلت وَيْكِ قَدِي

Had my chest sparked after them

I wouldn't have said "poor me!" to my ashes.

أحبَابَنَا دَعوةً أُحِسُّ لها

لو أسمَعَتكُم بَرْداً على كَبِدي

My loved ones, I feel a yearning for them

If you heard it, it would chill your liver.

آهٍ لِعَيْشِي ما كانَ انْعَمَهُ

بقُربِكُم والزَّمانُ طَوعُ يَدِي

Alas for my life, it knew no comfort

In your company when time was at my command.

أَيّامَ وِرْدِي من ماءِ أَوجُهِكُم

عَذبٌ وقلبِي بعد الوُرُودِ صَدي

The days of my visits, from the water of your faces

Were sweet, though after the visits my heart panged.

ففَرّقَتْنَا النَّوَى فَواظَمَئي

إِلى ارتِشَافِ العُقَارِ مِن بَرَدِ

Destiny separated us, so I have craved

A sip of brandy for my pain and fever.

ويا أَخِي البَرِّ بِي أُعيذُكَ مِن

لَومي فكُلُّ العُقوقِ في فَنَدِي

And oh virtuous brother, I entrust you

Not to blame me, for all disloyalty stems from my misfortune.

أَفِض مَعِي عَبرةَ التَّجمُّلِ إِس

عافاً لباكٍ بعَبْرَةِ الكَمَدِ

Shed with me a tear of resignation, in solace

For one who weeps in resignation.