1. مرَتْ ماءَ عيني فاستهل على النحر

    تباريحُ شوقٍ في الحشا كلظى الجمر

    Tears were wrung from my eyes and streamed down upon my breast,

    by torments of longing in my heart, like the blaze of embers,

  2. إلى صاحبٍ أضحى فؤادي صاحباً

    بفرقته للهم والحزن والفكر

    for a friend—my heart has become a companion,

    through parting from him, to worry, sorrow, and brooding.

  3. تظل دموع العين عند ادكاره

    تَحدَّر والأنفاسُ تَصْعد في الصدر

    At the thought of him, tears from my eyes keep

    streaming down, while breaths rise within my chest.

  4. أأيوب جادت كلّ أرضٍ حللتَها

    مجلجلةٌ وَطفاء واكفة القطر

    O Ayyub, may every land you settle in be drenched

    by a thundering, rain-laden cloud pouring down its rain.

  5. ولا زلت محفوظاً بحفظك عهدَ من

    تود إذا مال الخليل إلى الغدرِ

    And may you always be protected for keeping faith with those

    you love, when a close friend turns toward betrayal.

  6. ألا ليت شعري لم أشيِّعك ظاعناً

    وشيّعتني من قبل ذاك إلى القبر

    Ah, if only I had not seen you off as you departed,

    and you had seen me off to the grave before then.

  7. ويا ليتني فارقت بعض جوارحي

    وأنك ما بوعدت عني قذا شبرِ

    And oh, would that I had parted with some of my limbs,

    and you had not been kept even a handspan away from me.