أملت أن تتعطفوا بوصالكم

فرأيت من هجرانكم ما لا يرى

I hoped for your affection through reunion

Yet in your abandonment I saw what cannot be seen

وعلمت أن بعادكم لا بد أن

يجرى له دمعي دما وكذا جرى

And I knew that your distance must make

My tears flow as blood, and so they flowed