أَفاطِمَ مَهلاً بَعضَ لَومي فَإِنّما

أُمَتِّعُ نَفساً قَد أُحِمَّ انطِلاقيا

Afatim, go slowly with some of my blame, for I

Only amuse a soul that is impatient to depart.

تَقولُ حَمَلتَ الدينَ عَيناً وَعامِداً

تَعَجَّلتُ مالي وَادَّكَرتُ خِلافيا

You say, "You have carried debt in your eyes and pillars."

I hastened my money and recalled my opponents.

فَإِن كُنتِ إِبقاءً أَرَدتِ فَأَقصِري

عَلَيكِ العَنا تَبقينَ ما كانَ باقيا

If you wanted me to stay, then make it brief

Upon you, you who remain, what remains.

أَفاطِمَ ما تُغنينَ فيما يَنوبُني

إِذا صَعَّدَت حَتّى تَمَسَّ التَراقِيا

Afatim, what will you accomplish about what befalls me

When it ascends until it touches the highest?

وَقَد أَرسَلوا فُرّاطَهُم فَتَأَثَّلوا

قَليباً نَزوعاً لا تَبُلُّ العَراقِيا

And they have sent their shroud-maker, so they took comfort

In a heart inclined not to stay long in Iraq.

وَأَمسى الأُلى كانوا يُحِبُّونَ صُحبَتي

أَحَبّوا وَلَم أُذنب إِلَيهِم فِراقيا

And the loved ones who used to love my company

Loved me and I did not sin against them by parting.