1. قَد كانَ ما كُلِّفتُهُ زَمَناً

    يا طَلُّ مِن وَجدٍ بِكُم يَكفي

    For a time, what I was made to bear—

    the longing for you, O Ṭall—had been enough,

  2. حَتّى أَتَيتُكَ زائِراً عَجِلاً

    أَمشي عَلى حَتفٍ إِلى حَتفِ

    until I came to you, a visitor in haste,

    walking upon death toward death.