1. ما بالُ طَيفِ خَيالٍ كانَ يَطرُقُنا

    قَد شَمَّرَت مِنهُ أَذيالُ الزِياراتِ

    What ails the phantom vision that used to visit us by night,

    now that the skirts of visitation have drawn back from it?

  2. إِن كانَ قَد حالَ عَما كُنتُ أَعهَدُهُ

    وَشَقَّ عَن مَلَلٍ ذَيلَ المَوَدّاتِ

    If it has changed from what I once knew it to be,

    and, out of weariness, torn the hem of affection,

  3. فَسَوفَ أَحتالُ في صَبرٍ يُخَلِّصُني

    بِجاهِهِ مِن مَخاليبِ الصَباباتِ

    then I shall seek a patience that will free me,

    through its power, from the talons of passionate longing.