أَأَحْبَابَنا إِنّي وإِنْ رُمْتُ سَلْوةً

وَقَامَ بِهَا مِنْ جَوْرِكُمْ لِي إِعْذَارُ

My loved ones, though I have sought solace

And found in your tyranny my excuse,

لَعِنْدِي الْتِفَاتٌ نَحْوَكُمْ وتَشوُّقٌ

إِلَيْكُمْ وَمِنْكُمْ بَعْدُ في القَلْبَ آثارُ

I still yearn for you and bear the traces

Of you within my heart, and cannot lose.