1. أنا بالشام والهوى بالعراق

    موثَقٌ من صبابتي في وثاقِ

    I am in al-Sham, and my love is in Iraq.

    Fettered by my ardent longing, in bonds.

  2. ذو اشتياق ألتذُّ بَردَ دموعي

    لو وفى بَردُها بحرِّ اشتياقي

    Full of yearning, I savor the coolness of my tears—

    if only their coolness were equal to the heat of my yearning.

  3. ليس يدري الفراق ما لوعةُ العش

    قِ فيرثي للوعةِ العشاق

    Parting knows nothing of love's anguish,

    and so cannot pity the anguish of lovers.

  4. لو درى لا درى الفراق لما فرّ

    ق بين المشتاق والمشتاق

    Had parting known—may it never know!—it would not have separated

    one yearning lover from another.

  5. سوف أدعو على الفراق وأدعو

    للتلاقي سَقياً لعهد التلاقي

    I shall pray against parting, and pray

    for reunion: may rain bless the days of reunion!

  6. وإنَّ من قَدَّر الفراق قديرٌ

    أن يُذيقَ الفراق طعمَ الفراق

    And surely the one who ordained parting is able

    to make parting taste the flavor of parting.