1. How often I said I drew him near
With embraces, and his branch of early youth I plucked,
١. كَم كُنتُ أَقولُ إِنَّني أُدنيهِ
بالضَّمِّ وغُصنُ قَدِّهِ أَجنيهِ
2. But separation has destroyed my hopes for him -
My approach through hope did not build them.
٢. ها قَد هَدَمَ البِعادُ يَأسي مِنهُ
ما كانَ اقترابي بالرَّجا يَبنيهِ