1. بِقُربِكَ مِن بِعادِكَ استَجيرُ

    وَهَل في الدَهرِ غَيركَ مَن يُجيرُ

    I seek refuge in your nearness from your distance.

    And who in all time but you grants refuge?

  2. نَأَيتَ فَما لِسَلوائي دُنُوٌّ

    وَغِبتَ فَما لِلَذّاتي حُضورُ

    You have gone far away, and my solace does not draw near.

    And you are absent, so my pleasures too are absent.

  3. وَقَد صاحَبتُ إِخواناً وَلكِن

    مَتى تُغنى عَنِ الشَمسِ البُدورُ

    And I have indeed kept company with brothers, but

    When can full moons take the place of the sun?

  4. فَيا مَن رُعتَ مِنهُ الدَهرَ قِدما

    بِمَن تَسمو بِخِدمَتِهِ الأُمورُ

    So, O you who long ago made Time fear you,

    In whose service all affairs rise high,

  5. وَمَن قَدَّرتُ أَنَّ لَهُ نَظيراً

    فَحينَ طَلَبتُ أَعوَزَني النَظيرُ

    And you, whom I supposed to have an equal—

    Yet when I searched, that equal eluded me.

  6. إِذا كُنتَ السُرورَ وغِبتَ عَنّي

    فَكَيفَ يَتِمُّ بَعدَكَ لي سُرورُ

    If you are joy itself and are absent from me,

    How, then, can joy be complete for me after you?