وغصن غدا إنشاهُ من نهر أدمُعي

وغصن غدا إنشاهُ من نهر أدمُعي

ومنشا الهوى من ثغره نهرُ كرثر

ومنشا الهوى من ثغره نهرُ كرثر

And a bough whose growth came from the river of my tears;

And a branch whose growth came from the river of my tears;

and the source of delight from his mouth is a river of Kawthar.

And love’s wellspring is a river of Kawthar flowing from his mouth;

فما الدّمع إلا جفعرٌ من غرامه

فما الدّمع إلا جفعرٌ من غرامه

وما هو في الأغصان إلا ابنُ جعفر

وما هو في الأغصان إلا ابنُ جعفر

For my tears are but a Ja‘far—a river—born of love for him;

For tears are nothing but a stream of longing for him;

and among the boughs he is none but Ibn Ja‘far.

And among the branches he is none other than Ibn Ja‘far.