عوّضَني بالبُعْدِ مِنْ قُرْبِهِ

عوّضَني بالبُعْدِ مِنْ قُرْبِهِ

ومن رُقَادِي مَعَهُ بالسَّهَرْ

ومن رُقَادِي مَعَهُ بالسَّهَرْ

He compensated me for his nearness with distance,

and for my slumber beside him with sleeplessness.

إِنِّي من ذِكراهُ في جَنَّةٍ

إِنِّي من ذِكراهُ في جَنَّةٍ

ومِنْ دُمُوعِي بعده في نَهَرْ

ومِنْ دُمُوعِي بعده في نَهَرْ

Indeed, through remembering him I am in a garden,

and through my tears in his absence, in a river.