إلى الإلْفَيْن مِنْ أهْلٍ وَدار

تأوّبني اشْتِياقِي وَادِّكاري

To the two thousand people of family and home

My longing and recollection afflict me

وَحَنّ القَلب أعْشاراً إلَيها

حَنِينَ الوالِهات مِن العشارِ

And my heart yearns intensely for it

The yearning of lovers from companionship

فبِتُّ كأني تَوْقاً وشَوْقاً

عَلَى مِثْلِ الأسِنَّة والشفارِ

I spend the night as if I were yearning and pining

For the likes of mouths and lips

وَما حَشْوُ الضُّلُوعِ سِوى أُوارٍ

وَما نَوْمُ الجُفون سِوى غِرارِ

And the filling of my chest is naught but embers

And the sleep of my eyelids naught but delusion