لَطالَ بِطولِ هِجرَتِهِ سُهادي

عِبادِيٌّ يَتيهُ عَلى العِبادِ

My love has been long in his estrangement,

A worshipper wandering amongst the worshippers.

وَقَفتُ إِلَيهِ أَرفَعُ في التَجَنّي

وَأَشرَحُ ما جَناهُ عَلى فُؤادي

I stood to him, raising myself in reproach,

And disclosed what his abandonment had done to my heart.

فَوَقِع قَد حَطَطنا العَتبَ عَنهُ

وَصَرَّفناهُ في عَمَلِ الوِدادِ

So we let the reproach against him drop,

And turned it into deeds of affection.

فَلا يَتَشَرَّرَنَّ عَلَيهِ سُخطٌ

فَقَد بَطَلَت مُحاسَبَةُ البِعادِ

Let no discontent sprinkle on him,

For the reckoning of distances is invalidated.