هل في الرياح إلى الحبيب رسول

فالقلب مضنى والفؤاد عليل

Is there among the winds a messenger to the beloved?

For the heart is worn out, and the heart is ailing.

باللَه يا ريح ابلغي أهل الحمى

أن الجوانح حشوهن غليل

By God, O wind, tell the people of the sanctuary

that the ribs are filled with burning longing.

يا نازحين وفي الفؤاد خيالهم

أمد اللقا هل لي إليه سبيل

O distant ones, whose image dwells in the heart,

the time of reunion—is there a way for me to reach it?

ما لي أرى غيري يفوز بقربكم

ووصالكم ما لي إليه وصول

Why do I see others win nearness to you,

yet I have no way to attain union with you?

هذا نزيلكم ألم ببابكم

يبغى القرى من نيلكم فأنيلوا

This guest of yours has come to your door,

seeking hospitality from your bounty; so bestow it.

أضحى بساحات الخيام مخيما

يشكو وشكوى المستهار تطول

He is now encamped in the grounds around the tents,

lamenting, and the lament of one maddened by love runs long.

ألف الشحون فؤاده فشعاره

لما هجرتم أنة وعويل

His heart has grown used to burdens; so his refrain,

since you deserted him, is groaning and wailing.

يعتاده عند الأصائل هزة

طرباً وتثنيه الصبا فيميل

A tremor visits him in the late afternoons,

in rapture; the east wind bends him, and he sways.

تشجيه آثار الطلول إذا بدت

وتهيجه عند الصباح هديل

The traces of deserted dwellings sadden him when they appear,

and a dove's cooing stirs him in the morning.

طالت لياليه فطال عناؤه

وكذاك ليل المستهام طويل

His nights have lengthened, and so has his suffering;

and likewise, the night of the love-stricken is long.

يبكى معالم قدست آثارها

فمتى يتاح له بهن مقيل

He weeps over landmarks whose traces are hallowed;

so when will he be granted a midday resting-place among them?

كم بك في روض الرضا يجنى المنى

ولأنسكم ظل عليه ظليل

How often, through you, he reaped wishes in the garden of contentment,

and your companionship cast a deep shade over him,

حتى رمته يد النوى فأصابه

سهم يسدّده البعاد قتول

until the hand of separation shot at him, and he was struck

by a deadly arrow aimed by distance.