لَعَمْرُكَ ما الهِجْرانُ أنْ تَشْحَطَ النّوى

لَعَمْرُكَ ما الهِجْرانُ أنْ تَشْحَطَ النّوى

ولكِنَّما الهِجْرانُ ما غيَّبَ القَبْرُ

ولكِنَّما الهِجْرانُ ما غيَّبَ القَبْرُ

By your life, separation is not when distance stretches far;

By your life! Separation is not that you moved the abode,

Rather, separation is what the grave has hidden away.

Rather, separation is what the grave has concealed.