إِذا أَخلَفَ الراجي البخيلة جودُها

فَإِنَّ سَواءً فَقدُها وَوُجودُها

If the miserly one fails to fulfill his promise of generosity

Then his presence and absence are the same

وَكَيفَ يَخافُ البَينَ إِن جَدَّ جِدُّهُ

وَما البَينُ كُلُّ البَينِ إِلّا صُدودُها

And how can one fear separation if his grandfather was steadfast

For separation is not complete separation but only its difficulties

فَأَيُّ غَرامٍ لا يُقامُ لِنارِهِ

وَأَيُّ وُشاةٍ لا يُبارى وَعيدُها

So what passion cannot withstand its fire

And what calamity cannot match its threat

تَعَلَّقَها قَلبي كَأَنْ لا يجوزُها

وَيَجتازُها طَرفي كَأَنْ لا أُريدُها

My heart clung to it as if it does not permit it

And my glance crossed it as if I do not want it