وَابأَبِي مَنْ لَسْتُ أَنْساهُ

وَمَنْ عَلَى الهِجْرانِ أَهْواهُ

By my father I will not forget him

The one whom I loved in separation

إِنْ واصَلَ النِّسْيانَ لِي فِي الْهَوى

فَإِنَّيِ وَاصَلْت ذِكْراهُ

If forgetfulness joins me in love

Then indeed I have connected his memory