لَقَد شاقَكَ الحيُ إِذ وَدَّعوا

فَعَينُكَ في إِثرِهِم تَدمَعُ

Life has wearied you, when they bid farewell,

So your eyes shed tears for their absence.

وَناداكَ لِلبَينِ غِربانُهُ

فَظَلتَ كَأَنَّكَ لا تَسمَعُ

Its ravens called you to parting -

Yet you seemed not to hear.