1. أَحبابَنا لَو رُزِقتُ الصَبرَ بَعدَكُمُ

    لَما رَضيتُ بِهِ عَن قُربِكُم عِوَضا

    O our beloveds, had I been granted patience after your departure,

    I would not have accepted it as a substitute for nearness to you.

  2. إِنّي لِأَعجَبُ أَنّي بَعدَ فُرقَتِكُم

    ما صَحَّ جِسمِيَ إِلّا زادَني مَرَضا

    I truly marvel that, after parting from you,

    my body never grows well without making me more ill.

  3. أُنبيكُمُ عَن يَقينٍ أَنَّ قَلبِيَ لَو

    أَضحى مَكانَ جَناحَي طائِرٍ نَهَضا

    I tell you with certainty that if my heart

    were in place of a bird’s two wings, it would take flight.

  4. هَذا وَلَو أَنَّهُ بِالعَهدِ فيكَ وَفى

    لَكانَ حينَ قَضى اللَهُ الفِراقَ قَضى

    Even so, had it kept its pledge to you,

    it would have died when God decreed separation.