1. وَكَم لي بالجَزيرَة مِن خَلِيلٍ

    أحبُّ إِليَّ مِنِّي مُجتَلاهُ

    And many a close friend have I in al-Jazira,

    whose sight is dearer to me than myself.

  2. نَأَى عنّي فَلا تسأَل بِحَالي

    وما طَرفٌ يُفارِقُهُ سَنَاهُ

    He has gone far from me, so do not ask how I fare;

    yet no eye is ever without his radiance.

  3. فَقَد أَنحى الفِراقُ عَلَى وُجُودي

    وغَيَّرَ جُملَتِي إِلا هَوَاهُ

    For separation has borne down upon my being

    and changed my whole self, save my love for him.

  4. وَتُدنِيهِ لِيَ الأَشوَاقُ حَتّى

    كأَنّي حيثُ لَم تَحضُر نَواهُ

    And longings draw him close to me until

    it is as though I were where his absence had never come.

  5. فَما أَعملتُ طَرفِي في مكانٍ

    لِفَرطِ تَخَيُّلِي إِلا أَراهُ

    So never have I cast my gaze upon a place

    without seeing him, so intense is my imagining.