وتَيَقَّنَ أَنَّ اللَهَ أَكرَمُ جيرَةٍ

فَأَزمَعَ عَن دارِ الحَياةِ رَحيلا

And he was certain that God is the most generous of neighbors

So he intended to depart from the house of life

فَإِن أَقفَرَت مِنهُ العُيونُ فَإِنَّهُ

تَعَوَّضَ عَنها بِالقُلوبِ بَديلا

And if eyes are deprived of him, then

Hearts have compensated for them as a replacement

وَلَم أَرَ أُنساً قَبلَهُ عادَ وَحشَةً

وَبَرداً عَلى الأَكبادِ عادَ غَليلا

And I have not seen a companion whose absence turned into loneliness

And coldness upon livers turned into boiling

وَمَن تَكُ أَيّامُ السُرورِ قَصيرَةً

بِهِ كانَ لَيلُ الحُزنِ فيهِ طَويلا

And whoever's days of happiness are short

For him the night of sadness in it was long