1. أطبقت للنوم جفناً ليس ينطبقُ

    وبتُّ والدمع في خديَّ يستبقُ

    I shut for sleep an eyelid that would not shut.

    And I spent the night, tears racing down my cheeks.

  2. لم يسترح من له عين مؤرقة

    وكيف يعرف طعم الراحة الأرِقُ

    One with a sleepless eye has found no rest.

    And how can the sleepless know the taste of rest?

  3. محمدٌ وعليٌّ فتتا كبدي

    إذا ذكرتهما والعيس تنطلق

    Muhammad and Ali shattered my liver

    When I recalled them as the pale camels moved on.

  4. خلان حل بقلبي من فراقهما

    ما كنت أخشى عليه قبل نفترق

    Two friends—parting from them brought upon my heart

    What I had feared for it before we parted.

  5. قلبٌ رقيق تلظّت في جوانبه

    نار الصبابة حتى كاد يحترق

    A tender heart, within whose sides blazed

    The fire of longing, until it nearly burned up.

  6. وددت لو تمَّ لي حجِّي بقربهما

    ما كل ما تشتهيه النفس يتفق

    I wished my pilgrimage could be completed near them;

    Not all that the soul desires comes to pass.

  7. لا يعجب الناس من وجدي ومن قلقي

    إن المشوق إلى أحبابه قلق

    Let people not marvel at my anguish and my restlessness:

    For one who yearns for his loved ones is restless.