1. ويوم وقفنا للوداعِ وكلُّنا

    يُطَفِّحُ يومَ البينِ عينيه أدمعا

    And on the day we stood to bid farewell, each of us

    made his eyes overflow with tears on the day of parting.

  2. رأينا حُلوماً عارياتٍ ولم نجدْ

    منَ الصَّبرِ إِلّا واهياً متقطّعا

    We saw minds stripped bare, and found

    no patience save what was frail and broken.

  3. وَلَم تَسمع الآذان إِلّا تشاهقاً

    وإِلّا حنيناً يوم ذاك مُرَجَّعا

    And the ears heard nothing but gasping sobs,

    and plaintive wailing, echoed on that day.

  4. فيا لك يوماً فاضحاً لمُتَيَّمٍ

    ويا لك مبكىً للعيون ومَجْزَعا

    So what a day, laying the love-stricken bare!

    And what a scene of weeping for the eyes, and of anguish!

  5. كأنّا وقد سلَّ الفراقُ عقولَنا

    سلكنا جنوناً أو كرعنا المُشَعشَعا

    As though, with parting having stripped away our minds,

    we had taken the path of madness, or drunk deep of wine mixed with water.

  6. كأنَّ عيوناً يُمطر الدَّمعَ هَدْبُها

    غصونٌ مَطيراتُ الذَّوائبِ هُمَّعا

    As though eyes whose lashes rained tears

    were branches, rain-drenched at their tips, streaming.