أَحبابُنا أَينَ هُمُ

بِاللَهِ قولوا أَينَ هُم

Where are our loved ones

For God's sake, say where are they

كَما رَأَيتُ طَيفَهُم

فَهَل تُريني عَينَهُم

As I saw their specter

Will their eyes show me

فَكَم وَكَم أَطلُبُهُم

وَكَم سَأَلتُ بَينَهُم

How often and how often I seek them

And how often I asked among them

حَتّى أَمِنتُ بَينَهُم

وَما أَمِنتُ بَينَهَم

Until I despaired among them

And I did not despair among them

لَعَلَّ سَعدي حائِلٌ

بَينَ النَوى وَبَينَهَم

Perhaps my luck is an obstacle

Between my wishes and them

لِتَنعُمَ العَينُ بِهِم

فَلا أَقولُ أَينَ هُم

For the eye to delight in them

So I do not say where are they