ومطّلعٍ على كمدِ الفؤادِ

وما بالمقلتين من السهادِ

With an eye that sees into the heart's darkness

Yet my eyelids know no sleep

بعثت إليه من عيني دمعاً

جرى بدم المدامع والرقادِ

I sent a teardrop to him

Flowing with the blood of ceaseless weeping

وناداه فؤادٌ مستهامٌ

ألست ترى سهامك في سوادي

And a restless heart called out to him

Do you not see your arrows in my darkness?

فقال لمن دعاه أفق فإني

مقيمٌ ما حييتُ على البعادِ

He said to the one calling him, awaken, for I

Will remain distant for as long as I live