1. I do not complain, my friends, of your absence after parting,
Except that I remain while my heart is present.
١. أأحبَابنَا ما أشتكِي بعد بُعدِكُمْ
سوى أنَّنِي باقٍ ولُبِّيَ حَاضرُ
2. And this is not how my loyalty ends, but rather
My destiny has followed its passions, not my own.
٢. وما هكذَا يَقضِي وفَائِي وإنّما
جَرَتْ بهواها لا هَوايَ المقادِرُ
3. Separation's sharp pangs had a beginning,
But even death will not end them.
٣. وقد كان للبَينِ المُشِتِّ أوائلٌ
وليس له حتّى المماتِ أواخرُ