لي كُلَّ حينٍ مِن أَحِبّايَ حَين

وَكُلَّ يَومٍ بَينَ هَجرٍ وَبَين

Every moment I have with my loved ones is a moment

And every day between estrangement and closeness

ساروا وَما وَدَّعتُهُم جَفوَةً

مِنهُم وَقَد عُدتُ بِخُفَّي حُنَين

They left without me bidding them farewell out of aloofness

Yet still I returned with hidden, bitter yearning

وَكَيفَ يَقوَى بِسُهادٍ عَلى

دَمعٍ غَزيرٍ مَن لَهُ فَردُ عَين

How can one with wakefulness prevail over

Copious tears if left all alone