1. Alas! If only the days of the past could return
For if they did for a day, I would indeed be happy

2. It watered the abode of Lubna wherever she settled and camped
From the land the rains of clouds poured forth thunder

3. In any case, whether she came near or kept her distance
If she comes near to us, then her nearness is an increase

4. So neither despair consoles me, nor does closeness benefit me
And Lubna is forbidden, she almost never gives

5. It is as if I am a docile camel from Lubna
Lying down at the hands of men, yielding

6. Lubna shot me in the heart with her arrow
And Lubna's arrow is fatal for the heart

7. Greetings to all who pine, I know their place
And my heart is forever loving to Lubna

8. And saying he is dead or that he is dying
But my soul still has provision to bestow

9. I deal with the remnants of my vanished ardour
On a thread, though the lost ones can return

10. If Lubna is mentioned I yearn at her mention
As the young yearns for the suckling breast

11. I respond to those calling me with Lubna, stoically
And sighs burst forth from me and return

12. We restore life’s soul though I
Were she to see me, would be most generous