يا صاحبي أنصت لأخبار الهوى

حاشا لمثلك أن أقول ولا يعي

O my friend, listen to the news of passion

It is not fit for the likes of you that I say and you not understand

إني أحدث في الهوى بعجائبٍ

وغرائبٍ حتى كأني الأصمعي

Indeed I speak of wonders and marvels in passion

As if I were Al-Asma'i

يا نفسُ قد فارقتِ يوم فراقهم

طيبَ الحياةِ ففي البقا لا تطمعي

O soul, you left on the day they departed

The sweetness of life, so do not hope for survival

ما كان أحسننا وهم في قربنا

والشملُ ملتئمٌ بتلك الأربع

How good we were when they were near us

And the family was united, those four

بحياتكم جودوا عليَّ تكرماً

فعسى خيالكم يلم بمضجعي

With your lives do me a favor

Perhaps your phantom will visit my grave