1. غداً أيُّها القلبُ ما تصنَعُ

    أتَصبرُ للبينِ أم تجزَعُ

    Tomorrow, O heart, what will you do?

    Will you bear separation patiently, or become distraught?

  2. كأني بِصَبرِكَ في أمرِهم

    مُودّعُ غيرِ الذي ودَّعُوا

    It is as though, with your patience concerning them,

    I were bidding farewell to someone other than the one they bade farewell to.

  3. أما راقبَ اللَه يومَ الفِرا

    قِ فيمن هو المُدنفُ المُوجعُ

    Did he not fear God on the day of parting,

    in his treatment of one who is gravely ill and tormented?

  4. أيا رَبِّ لا عبرةٌ تنفعُ

    ولا دعوةٌ فيهمُ تسمَعُ

    O my Lord, no tear avails,

    nor is any prayer concerning them heard.