1. اللَهُ يعلمُ أنَّني كَمِدُ

    لا أستَطيعُ أبثُّ ما أجِدُ

    God knows that I am grief-stricken.

    I cannot express what I feel.

  2. رَوحانِ لي روحٌ تضمَّنها

    بلدٌ وأخرى حازَها بلدُ

    Two souls are mine: one is held

    by one land, and another land holds the other.

  3. وأرَى المقيمةَ ليسَ ينفعُها

    صبرٌ ولا يَقوى لها جلَدُ

    And I see that the soul that remains is not helped

    by patience, nor does fortitude suffice for it.

  4. وأظنُّ غائِبتي كشَاهِدَتي

    فكأنَّها تجدُ الذي أجِدُ

    And I think my absent soul is like my present one,

    so it is as though it feels what I feel.