سلام عليكم ما أمر فراقكم

وما أظلم الدنيا علينا وأوحشا

Greetings to you, how difficult is your absence!

How dark and lonely the world seems without you.

وما دامت الأحزان ألقيت بعدكم

إذا أنت فؤادي والجوارح والحشا

As long as sorrows last since you left,

You who are my heart, my faculties, my thoughts.

لعلّ الذي يقضي الأمور بحكمه

سيجمعنا بعد الفراق كما يشا

Perhaps He who decides all matters wisely

Will unite us again after separation, as He wills.