1. يا مَن بطولِ التَّجافي

    والهجرِ أمرض صبَّهْ

    O you who, through long estrangement

    And abandonment, have made your ardent lover ill,

  2. أنتَ الطبيبُ فمَنْ لي

    من ريقِ فيكَ بشرْبَهْ

    You are the physician—so who will bring me

    A draught of the saliva of your mouth?