1. يَا نَازِحينَ واصطِبَارِي والأَسَى

    يُجِمُّ ذَا دَمعِي وهَذا يَنزَحُ

    O you who have gone far away, my patience and grief—

    one replenishes my tears, and the other drains them.

  2. لا أَسأَلُ الأَيّامَ تعويضاً بِكُم

    لِأَنَها بِمِثلِكُم لا تَسمَحُ

    I do not ask the days for a replacement for you,

    for they do not bestow the like of you.

  3. غِبتُم وأَشباحُكُمُ بِنَاظِري

    كأَنَّها إِنسانُهُ لا تَبرحُ

    You are gone, yet your forms are in my eye,

    as though they were its pupil, never departing.

  4. وَلائِمٍ يَلومُ فيكُم والهَوى

    يُصحِبُهُ طوراً وطوراً يَجْمَعُ

    And many a reproacher blames me over you, while passion

    yields to him at times, and at times gathers force.

  5. يلجُّ في نُصحي وما أشْغَلَني

    بالبَينِ والهِجرانِ عمَّن يَنْصَحُ

    He persists in advising me—yet how preoccupied I am

    with parting and estrangement, heedless of whoever counsels me!