1. O messenger of parting, go gently!
Nothing is more painful than distance and separation.

2. I commend to God those whom I miss seeing,
More bitter than thirst in the desert for the wanderer.

3. If not for my tears on the day we parted,
My sighs would have set fire to the camp.

4. If God decrees that we meet again,
Gratitude will be my greatest provision.