1. أَغائِبَةَ الشَخصِ عَن ناظِري

    وَحاضِرَةً في صَميمِ الفُؤادِ

    O you, absent in person from my sight,

    yet present in the very core of my heart,

  2. عَلَيكِ السَلامُ بِقَدرِ الشُجون

    وَدَمع الشُؤونِ وَقَدرِ السُهادِ

    peace be upon you, in proportion to my sorrows,

    and tears from my tear ducts, and the measure of my sleeplessness.

  3. تملكتِ مِنّي صَعبَ المَرامي

    وَصادَفتِ ودّي سَهلَ القيادِ

    You have taken possession of what was hard to reach in me,

    and found my love easy to lead.

  4. مُراديَ لُقياكِ في كُلِّ حين

    فَيالَيتَ أَنّي أَعطى مُرادي

    My wish is to meet you at every moment;

    so, if only I were granted my wish!

  5. أَقيمي عَلى العهدِ ما بَينَنا

    وَلا تَستَحيلي لِطولِ البِعادِ

    Remain faithful to the pledge between us,

    and do not change because of long separation.

  6. دسَستُ اِسمَكِ الحُلوَ في طيّ شِعري

    وَألّفتُ فيهِ حُروفَ اِعتِمادِ

    I hid your sweet name in the folds of my verse,

    and joined within it the letters of Iʿtimād.