يا فرقة أَبدلتني بِالسُرور أَسى

وَأَسهَرت ناظِراً قَد طالَما نَعَسا

O company that turned my joy to sorrow

And made me stay up watching, though often sleepy,

أَنّى يَكونُ اِجتِماعٌ بَينَ مُفترِقٍ

جسمٌ بِمِصرَ وَروحٌ حَلَّ أَندلُسا

How can there be a meeting between those parted?

A body in Egypt, a soul gone to Andalusia.