وكَم لي بِالجَزيرَةِ مِن خَلِيلٍ

أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنِّي مُجتَلاهُ

How many friends I have in this land

Who I love more than myself when we meet

نَأَى عَنِّي فَلا تَسأَل بِحَالِي

وَمَا طَرفٌ يُفَارِقهُ سَنَاهُ

He has distanced himself from me, so do not ask how I am

No eye parts from remembering him

فَقَد أَنحَى الفِراقُ عَلَى وُجُودِي

وَغَيَّرَ جُملَتِي إِلا هَوَاهُ

For separation has inclined upon my existence

And changed my state but for his love

وَتُدنيهِ ليَ الأَشوَاقُ حَتَّى

كَأَنِّي حَيثُ لَم تَحضُر نَوَاهُ

And his approaching has brought my longings so close

It's as if I'm where his glance has not arrived

فَمَا أَعمَلتُ طَرفِي فِي مَكَانٍ

لِفَرطِ تَخَيُّلِي إِلا أَرَاهُ

So I have not rested my eyes anywhere

Due to my constant imagining of him but that I see him