1. My sorrow has increased, and my anguish intensified,
Since the day my beloved bid me adieu at the abode.

2. Remaining are the compositions of Al-Khath'ami and his style,
Made up of all that confounds the mind and impedes composition.

3. Those seeking the most intricate of meanings delight in,
Cultivating eloquence and the obscure style.

4. My brothers, the skies will never cease imagining,
To envelope you with rain clouds from Muzen's land.

5. A ruin by the marshes is too far for,
The blink of an eye, or the batting of lashes and Mosul.