خيال حبيبي لم يزل ضمن خاطري

وان بعدت منه الديار قريبا

The image of my beloved still lingers in my mind

Though the homelands have distanced me from him

يناجيه سري حاضرا وهو غائب

اشمت حضورا يا هذيم مغيبا

My innermost self whispers to him though he is absent

I sensed his presence disappearing, O this passing world

لقد جمع الاضداد فهو وحقه

غدا ممرضا لي في الهوى وطبيبا

He gathered opposites, so he is, by rights

At times a healer of my love, at times its sickness

احاضره فكرا وإني لأجله

الجلج دمعا في الخدود سكيبا

I think of him constantly, and for his sake

Tears flow freely down my cheeks

وما اختار قلبي بعده وحياته

من الناس في هذا الوجود حبيبا

After him and his life, my heart chose no one

As a beloved in this whole existence

وقيل عجيب كم تردد ذكره

وان طرفة انساه كان عجيبا

And it's said, how strange - his name still echoes

If for a moment I forgot him, that would be strange

غريب جمال من عشقت وانني

به صرت بين العالمين غريبا

Wondrous is the beauty of the one I loved, and I

For him, have become a stranger in both worlds