حالَ مِن دونِ رُؤيَتي لِلوَزيرَي

نِ وَقَد كُنتُ راجِياً لِلتَلاقي

Without seeing the vizier or his assistant

Though I had hoped for a meeting

طولُ سُقمٍ ما إِن يُفارِقُ جِسمي

دائِرٌ سُرُّهُ شَديدُ الوِثاقِ

A lingering illness does not leave my body

Its secret firmly bound

حينَ أَمَّلتُ في الدُنُوِّ اِجتِماعاً

لَطَفَ الدَهرُ في دَوامِ الفُراقِ

When I hoped for a gathering in this abode

Fate was gentle in the permanence of separation