اللهُ يعلم ما طوته جَوانحِي

لمّا رأيتُ البينَ أنجز وعْدَهُ

God knows what my wings have hidden

When I saw the separation fulfilled its promise

قالوا العزيزُ ترّحلت أجمالهُ

ونأى فكيف وجدَتَ عندك بُعْدَه

They said the beloved has departed, his beauty gone

He avoided, so how did you find his absence with you

فأجبْتُهم إني لأكفُر فضله

ونوالهَ إن رُحتُ حيًّا بعدَهُ

I answered them, I would be ungrateful for his grace

And gifts, if I lived happily after him

ولعلّ مَنْ سَمَك السماءَ يردّه

عجلاً ويكْفِينا نواه وفقدَه

And perhaps He who set the sky still guides him back

Swiftly and relieves us, his presence and his loss

ثِق بالنَّجاحِ فإن ربَّك كالئ

لك يا نِزار ومُطْلِعٌ لك سعدَه

Trust in success, for your Lord does what He wills

For you, O Nizar, and makes your future joyful

هذا الذي أسطيعه جَهْدي وقد

وفّاك من أعطاك منه جَهْده

This is what I can do, and He who gave you

Of His bounty has satisfied you with His gift