1. The longing that had left returned to al-Mutayyam
And the fire of his yearning for them increased in his heart

2. A young man whose hopes were near despite the distance when
He remembered the emigrants and the absent neighborhood

3. His days and nights are divided
For him to meet his loved ones or see warfare

4. He sniffs the wind coming from their direction so when
A north wind blows he is fervent in his love and youthful

5. The bachelor acted aloof from his love for them
And love is like the heart - absence makes it grow fonder

6. There is a separation between the heart and patience
Ask about my departure to learn the reason

7. I put aside my patience when I traveled though
I faced tribulation after them during my journey

8. Will he return while hopes still expose
The heart to the essence of joy that has passed

9. O most beautiful in appearance, my sorrow is abundant and I see
My affliction prolonged and my patience for you curtailed

10. May God not make the days far with your nearness that
Arrived but alas passed so quickly

11. The days when the beloved of my heart drew near
To me and went farther than was expected

12. And I stay up to see my cup and the red wine in it
When he toasted or struck up conversation

13. Until God ordained separation from him so
The beloved hid behind the veil of absence

14. I replaced the full moon with loss and acceptance with anger
And union with estrangement and smooth with rough

15. I have taken as witnesses what
The hands of fate have done to me if you deny the affliction

16. Sorrow, anxiety, flowing tears, sleepy eyes, limbs in pain, exhaustion
My eyes turned white and his tears turned red

17. And the edge of my endurance for you turned black and bent
I sought you so nearness became distance for me

18. One cannot always get what one wants