1. The homelands are not far from us, though the distance is long
A place of visit remains with us, and seldom does it fade

2. Not deprived of yearning, rather in distance
Passion strengthens, and remembrance

3. And if the hearts of a people turn away
Neighboring them does not benefit

4. And if the pact of love settles in the soul
And thoughts become intimate with it

5. It increases agony day after day, though many promise
And dwellings become distant

6. Our passion since you bid farewell to life is alive
It cannot be extinguished, even if you kindle fire

7. And the loyalty you knew remains steady
It has no diminishing from what you were accustomed to

8. And for your distance we have a burning pain
And abundant tears streaming for your delight

9. And if I summarize my poetry then know
That my love for you has no abbreviation

10. The atmosphere darkened when you traveled
To a gloom the dawn and bursting could not illuminate

11. And the four corners of slumber hastened
Until the moon rose, and it was concealed within them

12. A dawn from which darkness is absent
And a darkness in which is daytime

13. A wasteland in which dwellings settle
And dwellings from which wastelands are apparent