1. My heart's sincere love and affection are yours
And in you lies the essence of my longing and reproach

2. I left you though partings abound
But the pangs of separation are the most difficult of sorrows

3. Shall I weep your companionship or the intention of my heart?
By decree of passion, without you I have no heart left

4. So do not reproach it after your reproaches
For after peace is made, war is no longer valid

5. If the days are guilty for your absence
My excuse is that I am not guilty

6. Examine the wounds of the travelers, they reveal their secret
Their exterior is travel but their interior is anguish

7. Though the horizons of my land are far from you
I have nothing left in this world but your people, my people

8. And if there is weariness in prolonged absence
With you, I have patience throughout the prolonged absence

9. It is enough of an illness that your homes are demolished
And enough of a cure that they become near

10. Oh you whose love is obligation and whose obligation is gain
I wanted by joining letters to confirm your affection

11. But no affection is confirmed without letters
So favor me by replying, for besides you I have

12. No guide in this world, no polestar