1. Who is it that can fulfill the promise?
Or have mercy on the negligent solitary one?
١. من ذا عساه ينجِزُ الموعدا
أو يرحم المستهترا المفردا
2. He who is possessed by his whim,
So he cannot see liberation though enslaved.
٢. ذاك الذي ملكه طرفهُ
فما يرى العتقَ من استُعبدا
3. I respond to you, my tears, answer my call,
Perhaps the heat of distance will cool down.
٣. لبيكَ يا دمعي أجب دعوتي
لعل حر البعدِ أن يبردا
4. It increases my sorrow and my sigh,
And the passion that I have not found a confidant.
٤. يزيدُ في حزني وفي زفرتي
والوجد أني لم أجِد مسعِدا