1. I am stunned by the anguish of separation and estrangement from you
And the gathering of the Banu Qila whose tryst is the Final Gathering

2. Oh that we were from nothing that befalls us
With annihilation - no eye perceives and no vein pulsates

3. Far from the slanderers that they bear tales of us
Beyond the Pleiades and Sirius is our veil

4. Oh that an eagle would carry us both away
To its roost by the galaxy or nest

5. Oh the anxiety of the night journey has come after
Half the night passed and the eagle crossed

6. For there the Gemini though weak were as if
Gazelles before the wolf, scattered by the hooting

7. When the riders reined in their mounts
The land after their halt was desolate wilderness