1. This is my letter to you, in it is my apology
It informs you today of my longing and my illness
١. هَذا كِتابي إِلَيْكُمْ فِيهِ مَعْذِرَتي
يُنْبِيكُمُ اليَوْمَ عَنْ شَوْقي وَعَنْ سَقَمِي
2. I have made your mention too great to be desecrated
By the color of ink, for I have dyed it with my blood
٢. أَجْلَلْتُ ذِكْرَكُمُ عَنْ أَنْ يُدَنِّسَهُ
لَوْنُ المِدَادِ فَقَدْ حَبَّرْتُهُ بِدَمِي
3. And if I was able over my eyelids, I would make it
My scroll, and I would make the bones in my hands the place of the pen
٣. وَلَوْ قَدَرْتُ عَلَى جَفْني لأَجْعَلَهُ
طِرْسِي وَأبْرِي عِظامِي مَوْضِعَ القَلَمِ
4. That would have been too little in my love for you
And by Allah I have not felt any pain from it
٤. لَكانَ ذَاكَ قَلِيلاً في مَحَبَّتِكُمْ
وَمَا وَجَدْتُ لَهُ واللَهِ مِنْ أَلَمِ