بِأَبي الزائِرُ الَّذي

زارَ بَعدَ اِنقِطاعِهِ

By my father, who's absence

Had endured too long, returned

كَشَفَ البَدرَ لِلوَرى

كَشفَهُ عَن قِناعِهِ

As the moon unveils its face

From behind its veil.

لَم أَزَل طولَ لَيلَتي

ساهِراً في اِنخِداعِهِ

All night long I stayed awake

Deceived in hoping for his return.

كَلَّما رُمتُ وَصلَهُ

زادَني في اِمتِناعِهِ

Each time I tried to bid him stay

He slipped further from my grasp.

ثُمَّ وَلّى مودِّعاً

حَزني مِن وداعِهِ

Then he turned to leave again

Adding to my sorrow.