1. إن لم أمُت جزعاً على شجنٍ

    فارقته فعلى من الجزعُ

    If I do not die of anguish for a beloved

    from whom I have parted, then for whom should I grieve?

  2. فيضُ الدموعِ عليهِ متصِلٌ

    من حسرتي والصبرُ منقطعُ

    The flood of tears over him is unceasing

    from my sorrow, while patience is exhausted.

  3. وزفيرها بين يصعدها

    نفسٌ تفرقُ ثم تجتمعُ

    And its sighing is plain; it is lifted by

    a soul that scatters, then comes together.

  4. لم أدرِ يا قلبي ويا بصري

    وهواهُ أن فِراقَهُ يقَعُ

    I did not know, O my heart and O my sight—

    by my love for him—that parting from him would come.