1. رَمتْنا اللَّيالي بافتراقٍ مُشَتِّتٍ

    أَشَتَّ وأَنْأَى من فِراقِ المُحَصَّبِ

    The nights struck us with a separation that scattered us,

    More widely and farther than the parting at al-Muḥaṣṣab.

  2. تَخَالَفَتِ الأَهواءُ وانْشقَتِ العَصَا

    وشَعَّبَهُمْ وشَكُ النَّوَى كلَّ مَشْعَبِ

    Desires diverged, and the staff of unity split;

    And impending separation scattered them down every branching path.

  3. وقد نَثَر التوديعُ من كلّ مُقلةٍ

    على كلِّ خدٍّ لؤْلُؤاً لم يُثَقَّبِ

    And farewell had strewn from every eye

    Onto every cheek pearls never pierced.