غَرضتُ من الهِجران والشملُ جامعٌ

ولم يتعمّدْنَا بفُرقَتِنا الدّهرُ

Separation or reunion, fate decrees the same end;

Our parting was no willful act to offend.

فلمّا تفرّقنا وشطّت بنا النّوَى

تمنّيتُ لو دامَ التّجاوُرُ والهجرُ

But now that far apart we dwell, and yearnings rend

My heart, I wish we still were neighbors, e'en as friends.