1. My companionship kept me from resting in my bed
And my eyelids swore to the length of my pillow

2. Of the many sorrows that afflicted me
It's no wonder a man suffers when parted

3. I remembered him, a young bird, and quickly
My tears rushed forth, woe to their solitude

4. What's the state of a fading body when
Fate came decisively between it and its heart

5. If I wanted to gaze upon him with a look
That would soothe the burning of longing in my chest

6. I made my writings my eyes, glancing at him
With a gaze from his pages and ink

7. Exalted Father, what means can distinguish you
In my heart with pure affection and love

8. Abdullah, do you know that I
Cast off patience for grief to lead me

9. Imagining him soothed me when it passed
But how can my eyelids rest without him

10. I turned from the house of bliss in my misery
And the Merciful settled me in the worst of lands

11. In desolate sands where one who takes refuge
Wanders lost, in the mortal world and its ways

12. A place for the winds’ horses when they race
No hour is empty of their pursuit

13. I suffer two seas, a sea of injustice
With white foam and murk

14. And a sea of bitter water that makes me shake
With dreadful terrors in its swelling

15. May God bring near the hour of nearness and meeting
And make my effort in the path of struggling for Him