وماذا يفيدك طيفُ الخيا

ل والهجرُ حظك ممن تحب

What use is a ghost of days gone by

And parting's your share of one you love

غناء قليل ولكنني

تمنيته بقنوع المُحب

A song however brief, yet I

With a lover's heart did it long for