1. Oh, how strange is a companion who has left you
Yet tries to reconnect while still estranged
١. أَيا عَجَباً مِن آنِسٍ لَكَ نافِرٍ
يُعاوِدُ وَصلاً وَهوَ في حالِ هاجِرِ
2. He visits from afar but does not intend
True reconnection, so say of the visitor who is no visitor
٢. يَزورُ عَلى بُعدِ المَكانِ وَلَم يُرِد
وِصالاً فَقُل في زائِرٍ غَيرِ زائِرِ
3. He has in the horizon a spark that passes fleetingly
As the dice player moves his heels
٣. لَهُ في الذُرا شَذرٌ يَمُرُّ وَيَنثَني
كَما حَرَّكَ الكَعبَينِ كَفُّ مُقامِرِ