1. Whenever I recall my days in Dhi Salm
I mix my tears with blood out of sorrow

2. Whenever people pitched tents of devotion for me
I called out longingly for the tents

3. O pillar of the western world up on the hill
What is the state of our neighbors, O pillar?

4. And how is Layla after our departure?
Layla's settlements have quenched the shelters

5. They said you were busy with your Layla while she was free
So I said, he who is unwell is not like one who is well

6. They said she visited so you would be cleared But I said
The coolness of her waters increased my pain

7. When an expatriate yearns for home
I yearned for my early days

8. They said gray hair is dignity I said my madness
Is for medicine, raisins, rice and meat

9. The birds rise early when dawn breaks
For their livelihood, while I rise for the cup and melody

10. If the proud one wanted, he would not see or graze
To the generous lady, followed by the daughter of the generous

11. Jonah was saved after the belly of the whale
And the companion of the word untied Moses' knot

12. How good and sweet were my days
O son of Hussein, of high worth and aspiration

13. The companion of Al-Khidr, how much he shepherded and prayed for me
I became the most eloquent of those who walked on feet

14. Whenever we met, my mentor and I
We were to that group like servants

15. O God's mercy, do not avoid their tombs
And O clouds, descend and blend upon them

16. And O winds of the ostriches, rise early at dawn
To those graves, and say: O graves of my pillars

17. Our neighbors since ancient times are our masters
And we, from the best masters, are in bounty