زارَنِي مُمَرِّضِي فلم يَرَمِنِّي

فوقَ فَرشِ السَّقَامِ شَيئاً يَرَاه

My nurses came to visit, but could not find me

Lying in my sickbed, though in plain sight be

قال لِي أينَ أنتَ قُلتُ التَمِسنِي

فَبكَى حينَ لم تَجِدِني يدَاه

"Where are you?" they asked, to which I said "Seek me!"

And they wept when their hands could not reach me