1. ما تركتُ اللقاءَ يومَ الفراقِ

    من جفاءٍ لكن منَ الإِشفاقِ

    I did not forgo meeting you on the day of parting

    out of coldness, but out of apprehension.

  2. لم أُطِق أن أزيدَ قلبي على ما

    فيه من لوعةٍ وحَرِّ اشتياقِ

    I could not bear to add to what my heart

    held of anguish and the burning heat of longing.

  3. بلغت روحيَ التَّراقي من الشَّو

    قِ ولو زِدتُ لم تُقِم في التَّراقي

    My soul reached my collarbones from

    longing; had I added more, it would not have remained at my collarbones.

  4. لم أُطِق أن أرى فراقك جهراً

    وفِراقُ الحبيب غير مُطَاقِ

    I could not bear to see your departure with my own eyes;

    and parting from the beloved is unbearable.

  5. أنت روحي فلو أتيتُك للتَّو

    ديعِ ودَّعتُ مهجتي للسِّياقِ

    You are my soul; had I come to you to bid

    farewell, I would have consigned my lifeblood to death's throes.

  6. إن أقامت أجسامُنا إذ ترحَّل

    تَ فأرواحُنا أمامَ الرِّفاقِ

    If our bodies stayed behind when you

    departed, our souls are ahead of the companions.

  7. قد تطيَّرتُ من وقوفٍ لتودي

    عٍ فأمَّلت وقفةً للتَّلاقِ

    I saw an ill omen in standing to bid

    farewell, so I hoped for a pause to meet again.

  8. إن شَجَتنا يدُ الفراق فإنّا

    قد أمِنّا تَفَرّقَ الأخلاقِ

    If the hand of parting has grieved us, then we

    are safe from any sundering of our natures.

  9. لم أثق بالحياة بعدك إلا

    ليقيني أنّي على الميثاقِ

    I trusted in life after you only

    because I was certain I remained true to the pledge.