1. ألبستهُ السقمَ حتى مل عائدُه

    يا سالمَ القلبِ من شوقٍ يكابدُه

    You clothed him in sickness until his visitor grew weary,

    O you whose heart is free of the longing he endures.

  2. نم لا أرقتَ فإن الهم أقلقه

    فباتَ يسهدُ ليلاً أنتَ راقِدُه

    Sleep—may you never lose sleep—for grief has made him restless,

    so he spent the night awake while you slept through it.

  3. وباحَ بالسر لما ذاب أكثرُه

    شوقاً إليكَ ولما بانَ واحدُه

    And he revealed the secret when most of him had melted away,

    in longing for you, and when his only beloved departed.

  4. رثي العذول له حتى بكى معهُ

    حزناً وأسعفه بالدمعِ حاسدُه

    The reprover took pity on him until he wept with him,

    in sorrow, and his envier aided him with tears.