حَتّى كَأَنَّ حَبيباً قَبلَ فُرقَتِهِ

لا عَن أَحِبَّتِهِ يَنأى وَلا بَلَدِه

As though a lover bid farewell before parting,

Neither from his loved ones would he turn away, nor his homeland.

بِاللَهِ لا تَرحَموا قَلبي وَإِن بَلَغَت

بِهِ الهُموم فَهَذا ما جَنى بِيَدِه

By God, have mercy on my heart, though sorrows

Reach it, for this is what it has reaped by its own hand.