إِنَّني أَشتَهي لِقاءَكَ وَاللَـ

ـهِ فَماذا عَلَيكَ أَن تَلقاني

I long to meet with you, and by God

Why should you not allow us to meet?

قَد تَلُفُّ الرِياحُ غُصناً مِنَ البا

نِ إِلى مِثلِهِ فَيَلتَقِيانِ

The winds may entwine a bough of the bana tree

With one of its kind, and so they meet.