قلب كفاه من الصبابة أنه

قلب كفاه من الصبابة أنه

لبى دعاء الظاعنين وما دعي

لبى دعاء الظاعنين وما دعي

For a heart, it is lovesickness enough that

My heart has had enough of youth, for it

it answered the departing ones' call, though it was not summoned.

Answered the call of the blamers, though not called,

ومن الظنون الفاسدات توهمي

ومن الظنون الفاسدات توهمي

بعد اليقين بقاءه في أضلعي

بعد اليقين بقاءه في أضلعي

And among false conjectures is my imagining,

And from corrupt suspicions was my imagining

after certainty, that it remains within my ribs.

After certainty, of its remaining in my ribs