حمى اللهُ من ريب الحوادثِ سادةً

حمى اللهُ من ريب الحوادثِ سادةً

لشوقي بهم حالٌ وللصبرِ ترحال

لشوقي بهم حالٌ وللصبرِ ترحال

May God shield the lords from calamity’s treacherous turns.

May God protect noble ones from ill fate's harm

My longing for them has its plight, while patience takes its leave.

For yearning after them I feel, and patience must roam

كحّلت جفوني بالسهادِ لبعدهم

كحّلت جفوني بالسهادِ لبعدهم

فيا حبَّذا للسّهد والبعد أميال

فيا حبَّذا للسّهد والبعد أميال

I lined my eyelids with sleeplessness because they were far away.

My eyelids they lined with kohl from their absence

So, how lovely are sleeplessness’s kohl-sticks and distance’s miles!

So blessed be distance, though miles it may loom