1. When we meet to bid farewell, we seem
In our embraces and clinging, one letter doubled
١. إِذا ما اِلتَقَينا لِلوَداعِ حَسِبتَنا
لَدى الضَمِّ وَالتَعنيقِ حَرفاً مُشَدَّدا
2. Though we are two persons, our forms
Appear to all eyes as but one
٢. فَنَحنُ وَإِن كُنّا مُثَنّى شَخوصُنا
فَما تَنظُرُ الأَبصارُ إِلّا مُوَحَّدا
3. That is but my leanness, and his light
If it were not for my sighs, no one would have seen us together
٣. وَما ذاكَ إِلّا مِن نُحولي وَنورُهُ
فَلَولا أَنيني ما رَأَت لِيَ مَشهَدا