1. قالت أراكَ حرَمْتني أسْمى وسامِ

    أنفاسَ همْسكَ بالصبابةِ والغرامِ

    She said: I see you have deprived me of the highest badge of honor—

    the breaths of your whisper, filled with yearning and love.

  2. وتركتني ولْهى أنادمُ وحدتي

    عُشَّا تغرَّبَ عنهُ أفراخُ الحمام

    And you left me lovelorn, keeping company with my solitude,

    a nest from which the dove fledglings have departed.

  3. فأجبتها إني كمثلك أحرُفي

    آهاتُ مشتاقٍ ولهفةُ مستهام

    So I answered her: I am like you; my letters

    are the sighs of one who yearns and the longing of one lovestruck.

  4. أنتِ التي علَّمْتني في رحلتي

    الصمتُ أبلغُ للرجال من الكلام

    You are the one who taught me on my journey:

    silence is more eloquent for men than speech.