1. أَسُكّانَ قَلبي كَيفَ جاوَرتُمُ الأَسى

    بِهِ وَهوَ نارٌ بِالدُموعِ تَسيلُ

    O dwellers of my heart, how have you dwelt beside grief

    within it, though it is a fire that flows in tears?

  2. أَشَوقاً إِلَيكُم وَاِصطِباراً عَلَيكُمُ

    وَسُكنى لَدَيكُم إِنَّهُ لَحَمولُ

    Longing for you, bearing with you,

    and dwelling with you? Truly, it bears much!

  3. إِذا ما هَجَرتُم وَالدِيارُ قَريبَةٌ

    فَلي عَنكُمُ قَبلَ الرَحيلِ رَحيلُ

    If ever you forsake me, though the dwellings are near,

    then I have a parting from you before departure.

  4. إِذا اِشتَقتَ يَوماً دارَهُم وَرَأَيتَني

    فَإِنَّكَ مِنها بِاللَحاظِ تَجولُ

    If one day you long for their home and see me,

    then you roam through it with your gaze.

  5. كَأَنَّ ضُلوعي وَالزَفيرَ وَأَدمُعي

    طُلولٌ وَريحٌ عاصِفٌ وَسُيولُ

    It is as though my ribs, my sighing, and my tears

    were ruins, a raging wind, and torrents.