1. I did not attend the gathering out of longing
For the speech of Mansur ibn 'Ammar

2. But so my onlookers may enjoy
Me spending some of my time

3. And my listening to some man's speech
Does not increase my longing and recollection

4. As if he tells me in all he said
About some of my news

5. So connection and separation, according to what
He described of Heaven and Hell

6. But when he called, there was not
Anything but your kindness implied