1. فلا تُخلِني منها فإنَّ وُرودَها

    لعَيني وقلبي قُرَّةٌ وقَرارُ

    So do not deprive me of them, for their arrival

    Is delight to my eyes and repose to my heart.

  2. وفي الكتْب نَجوى مَن يَعِزُّ حِوارُه

    وتقريبُ مَن لم يَدْنُ منه مَزارُ

    And in letters is intimate converse with one whose conversation is hard to obtain,

    And the drawing near of one whose place of visitation is distant.

  3. قضى الله تسريحاً مُريحاً من الأسى

    بقربِكُمُ إنَّ البِعاد إسارُ

    May God grant a comforting release from sorrow

    Through nearness to you; indeed, separation is bondage.