أَحبابَنا الدُنيا عَلَيَّ بِأَسرِها

مِن ساعَةِ الهِجرانِ رَبعٌ موحِشُ

Our friends, the world in all its gloom

Since we parted has been a dreary void

عَوَّدتُمُ سَمعي بِطيبِ حَديثِكُم

بِحَياتِكُم لا تَمنَعوهُ فَيَطرُشُ

My ears you used to gladden with your talk

Do not deny me now what I enjoyed