1. When I was certain that distance would torment her
If I traveled away from her homelands, oh patience!
١. لمَّا تَيقَّنْتُ أنَّ البُعْدَ يُلْعِقُها
إذَا تَرَحّلتُ عَنْ أوْطانِها الصَّبُرا
2. I sent her Indian sugar to let her know
That soon she would taste the sweetness of nearness from patience.
٢. بَعَثْتُ بالسُّكَرِ الهِنْديِّ أُعْلمِها
أن سَوْفَ يُطْعَمُ عَذْبَ القُربِ من صَبَرَا