بِحَقِّ اللَهِ مَتِّع

ني مِن وَجهِكَ بِالبُعدِ

By the right of Allah, delight me

With the distance of your face

فَما أَشوَقَني مِنكَ

إِلى الهِجرانِ وَالصَدِّ

For nothing makes me long for you

More than estrangement and aloofness

فَما تَصلُحُ لِلهَزلِ

وَلا تَصلُحُ لِلجَدِّ

You are unfit for jest

And unfit for earnest

وَماذا فيكَ مِن ثِقَلٍ

وَماذا فيكَ مِن بَردِ

What heaviness is in you

What coldness is in you

فَلا صُبِّحتَ بِالخَيرِ

وَلا مُسّيتَ بِالسَعدِ

So you are greeted neither with good morning

Nor farewelled with good evening