أَما وَالَّذي لَو شاءَ لَم يَخلُقُ النَوى

أَما وَالَّذي لَو شاءَ لَم يَخلُقُ النَوى

لَئِن غِبتَ عَن عَيني لَما غَبتَ عَن قَلبي

لَئِن غِبتَ عَن عَيني لَما غَبتَ عَن قَلبي

Indeed, by Him who, had He willed, would not have created separation—

Though you are absent from my sight, you are certainly not absent from my heart.

يُوَهِّمُنيكَ الشَوقُ حَتّى كَأَنَّني

يُوَهِّمُنيكَ الشَوقُ حَتّى كَأَنَّني

أَناجيكَ مِن قُربٍ وَلَم يَكُ عَن قُربِ

أَناجيكَ مِن قُربٍ وَلَم يَكُ عَن قُربِ

Longing makes me imagine you, so that it is as though I

were whispering to you close at hand, though not truly near.