بَعُدتْ مسافةُ بينِنَا وتوحّشَتْ

حتّى على طيفِ الخيالِ الطّارِقِ

The distance between us has grown, and become desolate,

Even the fleeting image of you in my thoughts has vanished.

ويئستُ من أن نَلتقِي لكنّنِي

ألقَى تذكُّركُم بقلبٍ خَافِقِ

I have lost hope that we will meet again, yet

The memory of you still stirs my aching heart.

وأُغيِّضُ العَبراتِ وهي فرائِدٌ

من لُؤلؤٍ فَتفيضُ سمطَ عَقائقِِ

I hold back my tears, though they flow like

Strings of pearls and fields of poppies.