أحباب قلبي اذكروا وعداً لذي ذممٍ
يبدي الهيام بكم حيناً ويخفيهِ
Beloveds of my heart, remember your promise to one who honors his pledges.
At times he reveals his passion for you, and at times conceals it.
يتلو البريد فيدري كل حادثة
في الغرب والشرق دانيه وقاصيهِ
He reads the mail and learns of every event
in west and east, near and far.
ولم يجد عنكمُ يوماً به خبراً
فينثني وسعير الشوق يكويهِ
Yet day after day he finds in it no news of you.
So he turns away, scorched by the blaze of longing.
صِلوا فتىً لو جفاه الناس كلهمُ
فشأنكم عن شؤون الناس يغنيهِ
Keep in touch with a young man who, even if everyone shunned him,
would find your affairs enough to make him forget the affairs of others.
Sol 6