1. على عاقدِ الزُّنارِ تحت قضيبِ

    من البانِ مَيَّادٍ وفوق كثيبِ

    To him who knots the girdle beneath a bough

    of swaying moringa and above a dune,

  2. سلامُ محبٍّ نازحِ الدارِ شَفَّهُ

    وأقرحَ عينيهِ فراقُ حبيبِ

    comes a greeting from a lover dwelling far away, worn thin

    and sore-eyed from parting from a beloved.

  3. سَمِيٌّ لمن أمسى شبيهاً لوجههِ

    قريبٌ هواهُ وهو غيرُ قريبِ

    He shares a name with one who has come to resemble his face;

    his love is near, though he himself is not near.

  4. تحكَّمَتِ الأيامُ في ذات بيننا

    فقلَّلْنَ منه بالفِراق نصيبي

    The days have held sway over the bond between us,

    so through separation they have lessened my share of it.

  5. ولي عَبرةٌ موصولةٌ بنحيبِ

    ونفسٌ عليه الدهرَ ذاتُ وجيبِ

    And I have tears accompanied by sobbing,

    and a soul forever throbbing for him,

  6. وقلبٌ نأى عنهُ السُّلُوُّ فسُقمُهُ

    طويلٌ قَدَ اَعْيا طبَّ كلِّ طبيبِ

    and a heart from which solace has fled, so its sickness

    is long-lasting and has baffled every physician's healing art.