1. لَو كُنتَ تُبصر حالَتي

    أَغنتكَ عَن وَصف اِشتِياقي

    If you could see my condition,

    you would need no description of my longing.

  2. وَبِحَسب دَمعي أَنَّهُ

    دَمعٌ تَضيقُ بِهِ المَئاقي

    And it suffices to say of my tears that they

    are tears the corners of the eyes cannot contain.

  3. وَكَفى اللَيالي أَنَّها

    قَد أَفرَدتني عَن رِفاقي

    And it suffices to say of the nights that they

    have left me alone, apart from my companions.

  4. وَالمَوت أَهوَن مِن فِرا

    ق وُجوه إِخوان الوِفاق

    And death is easier than parting

    from the faces of brothers in concord.

  5. وَأَحرّ مِن نار السُمو

    م نَسيم نيران الفراق

    And hotter than the fire of the scorching wind

    is the breeze from the fires of separation.

  6. إِن يَسقِني سابِقاً

    ماءَ الحَياة يَد التَلاقي

    If I were given to drink beforehand

    the water of life by the hand of reunion,

  7. لانفكَّ طَوق الكَرب بال

    فرج المنفس عَن خِناقي

    the collar of anguish would surely be loosened by

    relief that eases the grip on my throat.

  8. إِن كُنتُ أَنساكُم وَلَو

    بَلَغَت بي الروح التَراقي

    I would not forget you, even if

    my soul reached my collarbones.

  9. وَأَظُنني إِن ضَنَّ دَه

    ري بِالتَلاقي غَيرَ باقي

    And I think that, if my fate withholds

    reunion, I shall not survive.