1. You went away, and how many tears of mine upon you run,
and how many sighs ascend!
١. مَضَيتَ فَكَم دَمعَةٍ لي عَلَي
كَ تَجري وَكَم نَفَسٍ يَصعَدُ
2. And you came back; my love for you, that one I made known to you,
is, as it was, unending.
٢. وَجِئتَ فَحُبِّيَ ذاكَ الَّذي
عَهِدتَه كَما هُوَ لا يَنفَدُ
3. Will you not, then, repeat your troth? Repeated troths are the sweetest, O Ahmed, O Ahmed!
٣. فَهَل لَكَ في أَن تُعيدَ الوِصا
لَ فَالعَودُ أَحمَدُ يا أَحمَدُ