1. Your love resides in my heart, ever-present
And my yearning for you remains, steadfast

2. You are the soul of my soul, its bliss
How wonderful a soul and its joy!

3. When you draw near, life becomes sweet
Living holds goodness, time seems sound

4. However far you are, my lords, though aloof
My heart and body ache, ill and frail

5. No life without you is good living
Though I ruled the world, it would be vile

6. All joy absent your union
Is but anguish and melancholy

7. Come nearer in intimacy and show kindness
Return, for I am devoid and destitute

8. Why call me, my lords and beloved
When every rogue still finds fault?

9. Do you not pity my state, weakness and exile?
You are noble, and the noble show mercy

10. May God preserve days gone in your lands
Spent in bliss, free of worries

11. We were together, and time an ally
Naught but companion and friend remained

12. Can past nights return?
Else, I'll grow weary of life

13. Shall I remain thus, far removed, without
A true, intimate friend, his love concealed?

14. I reminisce of your love through the night
Afloat in the sea of existence's secrets

15. There were men, stars lighting existence
Who drank from the wine of fellowship

16. Whose Najd talk was good, balanced
I was close to them, heart residing in heart

17. Time's betrayals took their company from me
For time is but treasonous, unjust

18. Now without loved ones, alone
Crestfallen, grieved, my heart stifled

19. Oh how many tears spilled for them
With only God eternal, beyond

20. So I praise Him, glorious His remembrance
All-Knowing, Ever-Living, Eternal