أَهَنّيكَ أَم أَشكو فِراقَكَ قائِلاً

أَيا لَيتَني كُنتُ السَجينَ المُصَفَّدا

Should I congratulate or complain of your absence, saying:

Oh, would that I were the shackled prisoner!

فَلَو كُنتَ في عَهدِ اِبنِ يَعقوبَ لَم يَقُل

لِصاحِبِهِ اِذكُرني وَلا تَنسَني غَدا

For had you lived in the era of Jacob's son, he would not have said

To his companion: "Remember me and forget me not tomorrow!"