أبكى إلى الشام والمحبوب في يمن

خوف العذول الذي بالعذل أحرقني

I weep toward al-Sham, while the beloved is in Yemen,

for fear of the reproacher who burned me with reproach.

وأكتم الوجد والآلام تظهره

بالرغم مني ودمع العين أغرقني

And I conceal my longing, but the pains reveal it,

against my will, and tears from my eye have drowned me.

والعش قيدني والحب أطلقني

والوعد أغفلني والبعد أرقني

And the nest has bound me, while love has set me free.

And the promise made me heedless, while separation kept me sleepless.