1. أَغائِبَةً عَنّي وَحاضِرَةً مَعي

    أُناديكِ لَمّا عيلَ صَبرِيَ فَاسمَعي

    O you who are absent from me yet present with me,

    I call to you, now that my patience is spent, so listen.

  2. أَفي الحَقِّ أَن أَشقى بِحُبِّكِ أَو أُرى

    حَريقاً بِأَنفاسي غَريقاً بِأَدمُعي

    Is it right that I should suffer through loving you, or be seen

    Burning with my breaths, drowning in my tears?

  3. أَلا عَطفَةٌ تَحيا بِها نَفسُ عاشِقٍ

    جَعَلتِ الرَدى مِنهُ بِمَرأىً وَمَسمَعِ

    Is there no tenderness to revive the soul of a lover

    For whom you have placed death within sight and hearing?

  4. صِلينِيَ بَعضَ الوَصلِ حَتّى تَبَيَّني

    حَقيقَةَ حالي ثُمَّ ماشِئتِ فَاصنَعي

    Grant me a little union with you, until you discern

    The truth of my condition; then do whatever you wish.