لمَّا تَيقَّنْتُ أنَّ البُعْدَ يُلْعِقُها

إذَا تَرَحّلتُ عَنْ أوْطانِها الصَّبُرا

When I was certain that distance would torment her

If I traveled away from her homelands, oh patience!

بَعَثْتُ بالسُّكَرِ الهِنْديِّ أُعْلمِها

أن سَوْفَ يُطْعَمُ عَذْبَ القُربِ من صَبَرَا

I sent her Indian sugar to let her know

That soon she would taste the sweetness of nearness from patience.