سلامٌ على مَن لم يُطق عندَ بينهِ

سلاماً فأومى بالبنانِ المخَضَّبِ

Peace be upon him who could not speak when we parted

Peace, and he gestured with blood-stained fingers

فما اسطَعتُ توديعاً لهُ بِسوى البُكا

وذلك جهدُ المُستهامِ المُعذَّبِ

For I could not bid him farewell except with tears

That is the only recourse of the tormented, mute one