1. I confide to you my intense longing,
Through it, he who blames me is excused.
١. أبثّك فرْطَ اشتياقٍ إليْك
بهِ ظلَّ يعذرني مَنْ عذلْ
2. Though you are absent from my sight,
I have not wavered from my pledge however long the absence.
٢. وإنّي وإن غبتَ عن ناظري
على العَهْدِ طول المدى لم أزَلْ
3. The necklaces of your friendship in my heart
Are strung with a knot that cannot be undone.
٣. عقودُ ودادكَ في خاطري
منظّمةٌ عقدُها لا يُحَلّ