1. قَد تَوَلّى الحَيُّ فَاِنطَلَقا

    وَاِستَطارَت نَفسُهُ شِقَقا

    The tribe has turned away and departed,

    and his soul has scattered into fragments.

  2. مَن لِعَينٍ تُمنَحُ الأَرَقا

    وَلِهَمٍّ حادِثٍ طَرَقا

    Who will help an eye afflicted with sleeplessness,

    and a new sorrow that has come by night?

  3. غادَروا لا دَرَّ دَرَّهُمُ

    حينَ راحوا جُؤذُراً خَرِقا

    They left behind—may their milk never flow—

    when they departed, a timid wild calf,

  4. وَحِلاً في اللَحمِ مِئزَرُهُ

    عَبِقاً بِالطيبِ مُختَلَقا

    his waistcloth sunk into his flesh,

    fragrant with perfume, well-formed.

  5. قَد تَمَنَّينا زِيارَتَهُ

    لَو أَتانا الزَورُ مُنسَرِقا

    We have longed for his visit;

    had the visitor come to us in secret,

  6. لَقَضَينا مِن لُبانَتِهِ

    إِنَّما يَشتاقُ مَن عَشِقا

    we would have fulfilled some of his desire.

    Only one who has loved feels longing.

  7. أَسلَموها في دِمَشقَ كَما

    أَسلَمَت وَحشِيَّةٌ وَهَقا

    They abandoned her in Damascus, as

    a wild cow yielded to a noose.

  8. لَم تَدَع أُمُّ البَنينِ لَهُ

    مَعَهُ مِن عَقلِهِ رَمَقا

    Umm al-Banin did not leave him

    with even a flicker of his reason.