وَما كُنتُ أَرضى مِن عُلاكَ بِذا الجَفا

وَما كُنتُ أَرضى مِن عُلاكَ بِذا الجَفا

وَلَكِنَّهُ مَن غابَ نَصيبُهُ

وَلَكِنَّهُ مَن غابَ نَصيبُهُ

I would not have accepted this coldness from your exalted self.

I would not be pleased with your aloofness and disdain

Yet he who is absent [loses] his share.

But he who is absent, his share is lost

وَلَو غَيرُكُم يَرمي الفُؤادَ بِسَهمِهِ

وَلَو غَيرُكُم يَرمي الفُؤادَ بِسَهمِهِ

لَما كانَ مِمَّن قَد أَصابَ يُصيبُهُ

لَما كانَ مِمَّن قَد أَصابَ يُصيبُهُ

And if someone other than you shot his arrow at the heart,

And if it were others who shot my heart with their arrows

It would not have been among those he struck.

It would not have been from those who hit their mark

وَما لِيَ فيمَن فَرَّقَ الدَهرُ أُسوَةٌ

وَما لِيَ فيمَن فَرَّقَ الدَهرُ أُسوَةٌ

كَأَنَّ مُحِبّاً ما نَآهُ حَبيبُهُ

كَأَنَّ مُحِبّاً ما نَآهُ حَبيبُهُ

And I find no consolation in those whom Time has parted,

And I have no example in those whom time has parted

As though no lover's beloved had ever drawn away from him.

As if a lover never saw his beloved