1. Why have our neighbors turned away
From affection and kindness?

2. They've resigned me to estrangement
Though I've done them no wrong.

3. After them I'm left distraught,
My heart and body yearning.

4. My tears flow down my cheeks
As if poured from the clouds above.

5. O Saad, never did I think
That my loved ones and neighbors

6. After our meeting would shun me
And leave me bewildered like this.

7. Tell them, O brother of Yemen,
Where are the pacts and covenants?

8. Where is the promise that was
By the hillside near the ravine?

9. We quenched the days that passed,
The familiar fevered days,

10. In which all my pleasures were
In the world of soul and senses.

11. If not for hope of relief
From the Blessed King's breath,

12. My sorrows would have torn apart
My heart from the grip of grief.

13. Live with hope and expectation, O friend,
Think well of the Worshipped One,

14. Spend your time with the spirits,
For He is the origin and purpose.

15. Do not cut yourself off from the flesh,
It only returns to dust.

16. Will you ever see happiness again
After this separation and distance,

17. Before our lives run out,
With a joyous meeting of the eyes?

18. Will the pillar and stone
Ever draw near perfect beauty?

19. And with goodness from the Eternal
Are stations of success and nearness.