بِأَبي مَن وَدِدتُهُ فَاِفتَرَقنا

وَقَضى اللَهُ بَعدَ ذاكَ اِجتِماعا

By the one I loved, we parted

I would ransom my father for the one I loved, though we parted,

God decreed a reunion after that

And God decreed, after that, a reunion,

فَاِفتَرَقنا حَولاً فَلَمّا اِلتَقَينا

كانَ تَسليمُهُ عَلَيَّ وَداعا

When we met again by chance,

We remained apart for a year, yet when we met,

His greeting to me was a farewell

His greeting to me was a farewell.