أحبَابَنا مَن ليَ لَو

دَامَ التّدانِي والجَفَا

Friends, who remains for me if

Closeness and estrangement persist

فإنّني أرى النّوَى

من الصّدودِ أتْلَفَا

For I see wishes

Becoming intimate through aloofness

شَتّتتِ الأيّامُ ظُل

ماً شَملَنَا المؤتَلِفَا

The days have scattered a shade

That gathered us, intimate

وكدّرَت مِن عَيشَنا

ما كانَ طابَ وصَفَا

And troubled the life

That was good and pure

وأوقَفَتْني بَعدَكم

من النّوى على شَفَا

And stopped me, after you

From wishes, on the verge

حتّى رأى الحاسِدُ بي

ما كانَ يَهْوَى واشْتَفَى

Until the envious one saw in me

What he yearned for and lusted over

وصَارَ بعد البَينِ نَد

مَانِيَ مَهدي وَكَفى

And after separation, became a companion

To Mahdi, and that is enough

كأنّنِي اعْتَضْتُ من الدْ

دُرِّ الثمينِ الصّدفَا

As if I obtained from the precious

Pearl, just the shell