بأبي واللَهِ مَن طَرَقا

كأبتسامِ البَرقِ إذ خَفَقا

By my father and God, he whose steps

Were like the smiling lightning's flash

زادَني شوقاً بزَورتهِ

وملا قلبي به حُرَقا

Increased my longing by his visit

And filled my heart with burning yearnings

مَن لقلبٍ هائمٍ دَنِفِ

كلمّا سلّيتُه قَلقا

Who shall console a restless heart

That quivers more the more 'tis calmed?

زارني طيفُ الحبيبِ فما

زادَ أَن أَغرى بيَ الأرقا

The phantom of my dear one visited me

But served only to redouble my unrest