1. They said farewell, so I bid my soul farewell,
How can the longing one show patience?
١. قالوا الفراق فآذنت بفراقِ
نفسِي وكيف تَصَبُّر المُشْتاق
2. If not for separation and distance, passion
Would not have been cut by the hands of youth.
٢. لولا النوى والبين ما قطع الهوى
بيدِ الصبابةِ أنفس العشاقِ
3. Do you think, after you ruled to separate us,
Afflictions make me happy with cordiality?
٣. أترى الخطوب تسرّنا من بعدِما
حكمت بفرقتِنا بِطيبِ تلاقِي