من ذا عساه ينجِزُ الموعدا

أو يرحم المستهترا المفردا

Who is it that can fulfill the promise?

Or have mercy on the negligent solitary one?

ذاك الذي ملكه طرفهُ

فما يرى العتقَ من استُعبدا

He who is possessed by his whim,

So he cannot see liberation though enslaved.

لبيكَ يا دمعي أجب دعوتي

لعل حر البعدِ أن يبردا

I respond to you, my tears, answer my call,

Perhaps the heat of distance will cool down.

يزيدُ في حزني وفي زفرتي

والوجد أني لم أجِد مسعِدا

It increases my sorrow and my sigh,

And the passion that I have not found a confidant.