1. ترحَّلْتُ عنكَ لفَرط الشَّقاءِ

    وحلَّفتُ رُشدي ورائي ورائي

    I departed from you out of overwhelming misery.

    And I made my good sense swear—behind me, behind me.

  2. إلى مَطمَع فيكَ حتّى أراكَ

    فيُروى صَدايَ بذاكَ الرُّواءِ

    Toward a hope in you, until I see you,

    So my thirst is quenched with that refreshing draught.

  3. وأصبحْتُ في شغُلٍ شاغلٍ

    قليلَ الغناءِ كثيرَ العناءِ

    And I am now in an all-consuming occupation,

    With little benefit and much hardship.

  4. فهلْ لكَ في العَفوِ عمَّ اقترفتُ

    وفي أَعِزَّ بذاكَ الفِناءِ

    Would you pardon what I have committed,

    And let me gain honor in that courtyard?

  5. أقولُ مثالةَ مُستغفِرٍ

    منَ الذَّنب معترفٍ بالجفاءِ

    I speak in the likeness of one seeking forgiveness

    For sin, confessing to estrangement:

  6. فَنائي قريبٌ إذا غبِتُ عنكَ

    وإمَّا رجعتُ فناءٍ فنائي

    My death is near if I am absent from you;

    And if I return, it is the death of my death.