1. His longing for an absent one
Has kept sleep from my eyes for long
١. وَاطُولَ شَوْقَاهُ إِلَى غَائِبٍ
غَيَّبَ عَنْ جَفْنِيَ طُولَ الرُّقادْ
2. Though I know he dwells in my homeland
Why then this sadness in my heart?
٢. فِي مِصْرَ عَهْدِي أنّه سَاكِنٌ
فَكَيْفَ مِنْ قَلْبِي حَلَّ السَّوادْ