1. أأسلوا وقد غِبتَ عن ناظري

    وَمثَّلَكَ الشوقُ في خاطري

    Can I forget, when you have vanished from my sight,

    And longing has pictured you in my mind?

  2. أيا غائباً حاضراً في الحشا

    ويا واصلاً في حلى هاجر

    O absent one, present within my heart,

    And O one who grants union in a forsaker’s guise—

  3. دعاء فتى صدعته النّوى

    فأصبح كالمثل السائر

    The plea of a youth whom separation has shattered,

    So he has become like a proverb on every tongue.

  4. أكابدل يل النَّوى مفرداً

    ومالي وحقِّك من ناصر

    I endure the night of separation alone,

    And, by your honor, I have no helper.

  5. وأذكر غابر أيامنا

    فأبكي على الزمن الغابر

    And I recall our bygone days,

    So I weep over the time that has passed.

  6. نظمت الغرام نثرت الدمو

    ع فسمّيت بالناظم الناثر

    I strung love into verse; I scattered tears,

    So I was called the versifier, the scatterer.

  7. فلا تنكرن ادعائي الهوى

    فحسبك من باطني ظاهري

    So do not deny my claim to love:

    For my outward state is proof enough for you of my inward state.

  8. عسى من قضى بالنوى أولاً

    سيقضي بوصلك في الآخر

    Perhaps the one who first decreed separation

    Will decree reunion with you in the end.