1. مَغاني تَصابٍ جَمَّعَت فِرَقَ الصَبا

    على نَكبِها نكباءُ مُورٍ وحَرجَفُه

    Haunts of youthful dalliance—bands of the east wind were gathered

    for their ruin by a dust-laden crosswind and its icy gale.

  2. لَبِسنَ نُحولي أو لَبِستُ نُحولَها

    فتَعرِفُ فيها كُلَّ ما فيَّ تَعرِفُه

    They have donned my wasting—or I have donned theirs;

    so in them you recognize all that you recognize in me.

  3. تُراحُ بأنفاسٍ فؤادي مَهَبُّها

    وتُسقى بمُزنٍ دَمعُ عيني يُكفكِفُه

    They are fanned by breaths whose source is my heart,

    and watered by rainclouds that my eye's tears hold back.

  4. ولاغَروَ أن يَبلى بلى الدار مُغرَمٌ

    فانّ بلحظ العين يُدنَفُ مُدنَفُه

    And no wonder a lover wastes away as the dwelling does,

    for a glance of the eye lays low the one it afflicts.

  5. منازِل أنزالي إذا ما نَزَلتُها

    أسىً وقِرَى عيني بها الدمعُ تَذرفُه

    Abodes—whenever I lodge in them, my fare

    is sorrow; my eye's fare there is the tears it sheds.

  6. تَحَيَّفنَ أيدي نَوئِها أَيدَ نُؤيها

    فلم يَبقَ للأيام ما تَتَحَيَّفُه

    The hands of their rainstorm have worn away their encircling trench's strength,

    so nothing remains for the days to wear away.