يا دارُ إِن بَخِلَتْ على

مَغْنَاكِ سارِيةُ العِهَادِ

O home, if you begrudge

Sheltering me,

فَلَأُمطِرَنَّكِ من دُمو

عِيَ ما ينوبُ عَنِ الغَوادِي

I shall rain upon you from my blood

What takes the place of downpours.

كم حلَّ رَبْعَكِ من غَضِي

ضِ الطَّرفِ ممنوعِ الوِدادِ

How often has your courtyard hosted

One with averted glance, unreciprocated love,

يَستوقِفُ الأَبصارَ فَهْ

يَ عَلَيهِ حائِمةٌ صَوادي

Who arrests all eyes-

Vultures hover over him!

فَرَمتْ جُموعَهُمُ اللّيا

لِي بالتَّشَتُّتِ والبِعَادِ

So their hordes dispersed me

By night, scattered and remote.

وصروفُ هذا الدّهرِ تَط

رُقُ بالحَوادِث أَو تُغَادي

The turns of fate glide on,

Bearing mishaps or ignoring them.

يُحْسِنَّ لا عمدَا ويأ

تينَ الإساءَةَ باعتمادِ

Doing good, not on purpose,

And evil, leaning on support.

مالي وللأيامِ كَمْ

تُصْمِي نَوافِذُها فُؤادي

My days-how many

Their casements have made me despair!

رَنّقن من وِرْدِي وأَمْ

حَلَ جَورُها عمْداً مَرَادي

They have straitened me of my flowers

And their tyranny has willfully thwarted me.

وَقصدْنَني بنَوائِبٍ

وَالينَهُنَّ بلا اقْتصَادِ

They sought me out with misfortunes

And approached me without moderation.

وإلَيكَ أشكو بَرحَ هَمْ

مٍ كلِّ يَومٍ في ازديادِ

To you I complain of a sorrow

Increasing daily and waxing.

حَظَر السّرورَ على فؤادٍ

لا يُسَرُّ بِمُستَفَادِ

It has forbidden gladness to a heart

That feels no joy in what it gains.

لولا تأَلُّمُهُ لِماَ

يَلْقَى لَعُدَّ مِنَ الجمَادِ

Were it not for its suffering

It would not meet with any harshness.