يَقولونَ لي دارُ الأَحِبَّةِ قَد دَنَت

وأَنتَ كَئيبٌ إِنَّ ذا لَعَجيبُ

They say the abode of loved ones has drawn near,

Yet you are cheerless - how strange that is!

فَقُلتُ وَما تُغني الدِيّارُ وَقُربُها

إِذا لَم يَكُن بَينَ القُلوبِ قَريبُ

I said: "What use are habitations and their nearness

When hearts cannot come together, close as they please?"