ما أَبعَدَ مَن أحبُّ مِن مُلتَمَسي

ذو الصِحَّة أَحوالَ أَخي السُقم نَسي

How far is he whom I love from my pursuit

The healthy one forgot the state of his ill brother

حُثُّوهُ عَلى الوَصلِ وَقولوا أَدرِك

مسكينَك شارف اِنقطاع النَفَسِ

Urge him towards reunion and say: catch up

With your poor one whose breath is nearing its end