يا غائباً لم أخنه
بالبعد ان لم يخنّي
O absent one whom I did not betray
With distance if he did not betray me
زاد الجوى بك قربا
لمّا تباعدت منّي
Yearning for you brought you closer
When you moved farther from me
كأنما سرت نحوي
وانمّا سرت عنّي
As if you came towards me
While in fact you went away from me