1. To the two thousand people of family and home
My longing and recollection afflict me
١. إلى الإلْفَيْن مِنْ أهْلٍ وَدار
تأوّبني اشْتِياقِي وَادِّكاري
2. And my heart yearns intensely for it
The yearning of lovers from companionship
٢. وَحَنّ القَلب أعْشاراً إلَيها
حَنِينَ الوالِهات مِن العشارِ
3. I spend the night as if I were yearning and pining
For the likes of mouths and lips
٣. فبِتُّ كأني تَوْقاً وشَوْقاً
عَلَى مِثْلِ الأسِنَّة والشفارِ
4. And the filling of my chest is naught but embers
And the sleep of my eyelids naught but delusion
٤. وَما حَشْوُ الضُّلُوعِ سِوى أُوارٍ
وَما نَوْمُ الجُفون سِوى غِرارِ