جعلتك نصرتي في كلّ شدَّة

وبعد الله في الضيقات عُمدَه

I made you my aid in every hardship,

After God, in trials you were my pillar.

ورُمتُكَ لي مدى الأيَّام حسبي

وقلت كفاني هذا الخلّ وحده

I aimed at you throughout my days as enough for me,

And said this friendship alone suffices me.

وكنت أظنّ ان تبقى زماناً

وان تعطي لنا الأيَّامُ مُدَّه

I thought you would remain for some time,

And that days would grant us an extension.

وما خلتُ الفراق يكف عني

لقاكَ وارضي فيما لن أَودَّه

But parting would not stop tormenting me,

I met you, pleased with what I do not want extended.

ويرميني غريباً في بلادٍ

أَرى فيها يومي الف شدَّه

And it casts me a stranger in lands,

Where my days see a thousand hardships.