أَكَذا كُلُّ غائِبٍ
غابَ عَمَّن يُحِبُّهُ
So it is with all who are absent,
They are gone from those who love them,
غابَ عَنهُ بِشَخصِهِ
وَسَلا عَنهُ قَلبُهُ
Gone from them in person,
Yet their hearts ask after them
أَكَذا كُلُّ غائِبٍ
غابَ عَمَّن يُحِبُّهُ
So it is with all who are absent,
They are gone from those who love them,
غابَ عَنهُ بِشَخصِهِ
وَسَلا عَنهُ قَلبُهُ
Gone from them in person,
Yet their hearts ask after them