كم غريبٍ حنّتْ إليه غريبَهْ

وكئيبٍ شجاه شَجْوُ كئيبَهْ

How many a stranger his fellow did yearn

And how many a weary one solace did spurn

سُلّطَتْ كرْبةُ التنائي علينا

فعسى فرحةُ التداني قريبهْ

On us did the torment of parting descend

May the joy of reunion soon happiness lend

فمتى نلتقي فتصبحَ منّا

كلّ نفسٍ لكلّ نفسٍ طَبيبه

When together we meet and turn grief into glee

Each soul to each soul will a comforter be