1. مَددتُ يَدي إلى يَحيَى فرُدَّت

    بخيبتها فقلت أمدُّ عيني

    I stretched out my hand to Yahya, but it was sent back

    in disappointment, so I said, “I shall stretch out my gaze.”

  2. فأبكاني إلى أن صارَ دَمعي

    حِجاباً بينَ رُؤيَتِه وبَيني

    Then he made me weep until my tears became

    a veil between the sight of him and me.

  3. فصِرتُ أُحسُّهُ فِكراً وهذا

    كثيرٌ مِن نوالِ ابنِ الحُسَينِ

    So I came to sense him in thought—and this

    is a great deal of bounty from Ibn al-Husayn.