لا خَلَتْ مِنْ سَناكُمُ الأَحْياءُ

فَبِكَمْ تَنْجَلي بِها الظَّلْماءُ

The living were not devoid of your company,

So with what do the dark nights illuminate?

كانَ دَمْعُ الحَيا عَلَيْهِنَّ سَقْياً

فَهوَ مُذْ غِبْتُم بِهنَّ بُكاءُ

The tears of the living were water for them,

And since you left, it is crying.

مَنْ تَلتْ مِنْكُمْ عَليْهِ مَعانٍ

كَيْفَ تَحْوي قِيادَهُ أَسْماءُ

Whoever's affection leaned towards you,

How can the abode contain their names?

ما مُرادي بِالرَّبْعِ أَسْماءُ أَنْ تَسْ

خو بِوَصْلٍ أو أَنْ يَدُومَ لِقاءُ

I do not intend by "dwelling" that the names

Should converse in union or that we meet.

بَيْنَما نَحْنُ بِالدّيارِ وَقَدْ طا

لَ وُقوفٌ مِنّا وَطالَ رَجاءُ

While we are in the abodes and lingering

Has long been from us and hope is prolonged,

إذ سَرتْ مِنْ دِيارِهِمْ نَسماتٌ

بَسماتٌ في إثْرها إرْضاءُ

Breezes blow from their abodes,

Breezes after which comes consent.

مَرْحباً مَرْحباً عليها سُتُورٌ

مِنْ وِدادٍ أَذْيالهُنَّ الوَفَاءُ

Welcome, welcome to it, over them are curtains

Of love, loyalty is their trains.