وَاعَدني الحِبُّ بِوَصلي سَاعَةً

وَقالَ لِلوَعدِ أَفي يقينا

Love promised me a reunion one day

And commanded the promise to come true

فَكُلّما طالَبته كَرّرهُ

وَما وَفى وَقَد مَضى سنونا

Yet whenever I asked, it was put off

Though years have passed, still it has not come through

وَقالَ لي اِصطَبِر مَضى وَعدٌ وذا

فَقُلتُ مرَّ قَبلَهُ سَبعونا

Love said: "Have patience, one promise passed will come anew"

I said: "Before it seventy more have passed and flew"