1. العُذرُ في تَركِي عِيادةَ سَيدِي

    أنّي لهُ فيما اعتراهُ مُقُاسِمُ

    My excuse for not visiting my lord in his illness

    is that I share with him in what has afflicted him.

  2. لا بَل نَصِيبي منهُ فوقَ نصيبهِ

    وعليهِ فيما أدَّعيهِ مَياسمُ

    No—rather, my share of it exceeds his own,

    and there are signs to bear out what I claim.

  3. فلئِن تألَّمَ جسمُهُ أَفدِيهِ مِن

    داءٍ يُخامرهُ وقَلبي يَألَم

    For if his body aches—may I be his ransom—from

    an illness that besets him, my heart aches.

  4. وأنا أحَقُّ بأن أُعادَ وإنَّما

    يُدعَى لِخِدمَتِهِ الصحيحُ السّالِمُ

    And I am more entitled to be visited; only

    the healthy and sound are summoned to his service.