1. هَل القلبُ إن لاقى الضبابيّ خالياً

    لَدى الركنِ أَو عندَ الصفا متحرّجُ

    Would the heart, if it met al-Dibabi alone,

    by the Corner or at al-Safa, feel any scruple?

  2. وَأَعجلنا قربُ الفراق وبيننا

    حَديثٌ كَتنشيج المريضين مزعجُ

    And the nearness of parting hurried us, while between us

    was distressing talk, like the sobbing of two sick people—

  3. حَديثٌ لو اِنّ اللّحم يشوى بحرّهِ

    طَريّاً أَتى أَصحابه وهو منضجُ

    talk in whose heat, were meat roasted,

    fresh and raw, it would reach its owners fully cooked.