1. كانَ خُروجي مِن عِندِكُم قَدراً

    وَحادِثاً مِن حَوادِثِ الزَمَنِ

    My departure from your presence was fated,

    And an event among the events of time,

  2. مِن قَبلِ أَن أَعرِضَ الفِراقَ عَلى

    قَلبي وَأَن اِستَعِدَّ لِلحَزَنِ

    Before I could lay parting before

    My heart and prepare for sorrow.

  3. لا شَيءَ أَشفى فيما سَمِعتُ بِهِ

    مِن سَكَنٍ يَشتَكي إِلى سَكَنِ

    Nothing, of all I have heard of, is more healing

    Than one beloved confiding grief to another.