سرْتَ والصبر والغواني وخلف

تَ عليلاً يبكي عليه العليلُ

You left, and patience, and the songs, and behind

You left an ailing man who the ailing man cries over

وإذا ما قالوا العليلُ أجابتْ

عنكَ مني نُحالةٌ ونُحولُ

And whenever they said, the ailing man, he would answer

About you from me, feebleness and feebleness

يا جليدَ الفؤادِ لو كنتَ مثلي

حملتْكَ الدّبورُ لي والقَبولُ

O frigid heart, if you were like me

The retreating one would have carried you to me and acceptance

أنا في بلدةٍ وأنت بأخرى

أينَ ما كنتَ تدّعي وتقولُ

I am in a land and you in another

Where are you now, that which you claimed and said

ولقد أعجَبَ الأخلاءُ مني

لك ودٌّ على التنائي جليلُ

And the sincere friends were amazed at me

For you an affection over separation, momentous

وثَناهُم حفْظي لذلك يشدو

نَ كذا يصحَبُ الخليلَ الخليلُ

And their praise of me for that, they compose

Thus the friend accompanies the friend