1. بَكَيا لِأَجلِ خُروجِهِ في زَورَةٍ

    يا لَيتَ شِعري كَيفَ يَومُ فِراقِهِ

    They both wept because he went out on a visit.

    Oh, if only I knew what the day of his parting would be like!

  2. لَو كانَ يَسمَعُ يَومَذاكَ بُكاهُما

    رُدَّت إِلَيهِ الروحُ مِن إِشفاقِهِ

    Had he heard their weeping that day,

    his soul would have been restored to him out of his compassion.