1. يا سادَتي لَو تَرون الدَمع بَعدَكُم

    أَو تَعلَمون بِحال الصَبّ كَيف جَرى

    O my masters, if only you could see the tears since your departure,

    Or know the lovelorn one's plight and how it has unfolded.

  2. أَما وَكَعبة ودٍّ بَيننا وَصفا

    أَوقات أُنسٍ بِها رُكن المُنى اِعتَمَرا

    Indeed, by the Kaaba of love between us, and the serenity

    Of hours of companionship, in which the pillar of hopes made pilgrimage,

  3. لَم تترك العين مِنّي بَعد ما غربت

    مِنكُم وَأَرسَلت مِنها نَحوَكُم أَثَرا

    My eye left nothing of me after it wept

    Because of you, and sent a trace of itself toward you.