1. O my companions, though we parted, don't you see
The star of my joy has not set since you left

2. My beloved friends, there was no farewell
No separation, no distance between us

3. You were like garden branches, when
Their nightingales sang, we delighted in their trilling

4. You left, and my patience after you was like burning longing
As if what was said had become for us an example

5. If not for the parting of loved ones, death
Would have not found its way to our souls

6. May God not separate a fellowship of our loved ones
United in loyalty and faithfulness, they gathered

7. We used to flirt with the gazelles of Naqaa, so
Our nights passed as we picked the flowers of flirtation

8. Past nights of joy shepherded for us
Moments of pleasurable living, hopes we attained

9. Many a night when our stars shone
With the splendid full moon in their midst

10. I speak of Sir Luzi, ennobled lineage
Exalted wherever he stayed in the mansions

11. The singular, most generous, open-handed and friendly
The most glorious, most devout and most lofty

12. Well-mannered, no shortcoming but
For bestowing bounty and clemency he excelled

13. Of the generous but that he's a man
Whose praised traits and perfect form are resplendent

14. Not the softness of water, the breeze's gentleness, the dew's caress
However early it appears can compare to his kind temperament

15. Nor anything more refined than the balanced nature
That made me love what those traits encompassed

16. Of pleasant traits and kindness that embraced
The shining exploits of his sword arm

17. A resolve like the sword's edge when brought to bear
However the generous writers searched them out

18. They wrote no falsehood or error about them
Do not blame him for generosity, he is intent on it

19. Outstripping reluctance, that is manliness
And manliness now is but a word misunderstood

20. He is its meaning that it has borne
The lofty tunes of nobility stir him to rapture

21. Like drink stirs the drunkard, to guzzle more
What a boon companion, far from any blemish

22. His traits so pure no flaw can be seen
Since he arrived in Beirut, Taimis cannot stop

23. Roaming after him, amazed, dressed in gowns of bliss
O full moon, though absent, Taimis cannot stop

24. Pervading the lands, plains and mountains
No tears flowed the day he left

25. Nor our hearts filled, though we are distraught
Would that the hearts that were our trust

26. With the departed were his replacement
Parting does not empower one far from home

27. To keep affection as before he acted
Beloved ones, though you left and hearts went too

28. Guard my heart that left for your sake
Send messages, do not deprive us

29. So we send our tears to you as messengers
You are stars whose rise has not vanished

30. From us, nor has the bond of love been severed
May He who never fails those who pray to Him

31. Reunite us in the best of conditions