1. نَفسي الفِداءُ لَقادِمٍ

    جَذَبَ الفِراقَ بِباعِه

    My soul be ransom for a newcomer

    who dragged parting along by the arm.

  2. وَهَبَ الزَمانُ لَنا اللِقا

    وَدَعاهُ في اِستِرجاعِه

    Time granted us a meeting,

    and called him back to reclaim it.

  3. عانَقتُهُ عِندَ القُدو

    مِ وَجَدَّ في إِسراعِه

    I embraced him at his com-

    ing, and he pressed on in haste.

  4. فَهوَ اِعتِناقُ لِقائِهِ

    وَهوَ اِعتِناقُ وَداعِه

    Thus it was an embrace of meeting him,

    and it was an embrace of bidding him farewell.