أَرتْه غِرَّتُه في الهَجْر مَصْلَحتي

جهلاً فأفسدَ منِّي كلَّ ما صَلَحا

His whim showed him separation was in my interest,

Ignorantly he ruined all that was sound between us.

وقَال لَيس له قلبٌ يُطيقُ بهِ

صَبراً ولو همَّ بالسُّلوانِ لافْتُضِحَا

And said he has no heart that can bear

Patience, though if he tried solace he'd thrive.

وصبوةُ الحبِّ كانت قبلَ بَذلَتِهِ

وبَعدها فسواءٌ صدّ أو نَزَحَا

The madness of love was there before he rejected me,

Afterwards indifference or departure are the same.

كالشَّعر يُحفظُ ما لم يُبتذلْ فإذا

حَلَقْته عَادَ بعد الصّون مُطَّرَحَا

Like hair that's memorized before it's shaved off, once

You've cut it, protection cannot bring it back again.