1. They forbade him the thing he loved most
From all creation and from his parents
١. منعوهُ أَحبَّ شيءٍ لديه
من جميعِ الورى ومن والديه
2. They forbade his food though it was
Permissible to him, laid out before him
٢. منعوهُ غذءَه وهو قد كا
نَ مباحاً له وبين يديه
3. Strange that one so young
Should be guided, separation led him to it
٣. عجباً منه ذا على صغرِ السن
هويْ فاهتدى الفراقُ إليه