1. مالِي وَقَفتُ عَلى القُبورِ مُسَلِّماً

    قَبرَ الحَبيبِ فَلَم يَرُدَّ جَوابي

    Why is it that I stood by the graves, greeting

    my beloved's grave, yet he did not answer me?

  2. أَحَبيبُ مالَكَ لا تَرُدُّ جَوابَنا

    اَنَسيتَ بَعدي خِلَّةَ الأَحبابِ

    O beloved, what ails you that you do not answer us?

    Have you forgotten, since we parted, the bond of loved ones?

  3. قالَ الحَبيبُ وَكَيفَ لِي بِجَوابِكُم

    وَأَنا رَهينُ جَنادِلٍ وَتُرابِ

    The beloved said, “How can I answer you,

    while I am a captive of stones and dust?

  4. أَكَلَ التُرابُ مَحاسِني فَنَسيتُكُم

    وَحُجِبتُ عَن أَهلي وَعَن أَترابي

    The dust has consumed my beauty, so I have forgotten you,

    and I have been shut away from my family and my peers.

  5. فَعَلَيكُمُ مِنّي السَلامَ تَقَطَّعَت

    مِنّي وَمِنكُم خِلَّةَ الأَحبابِ

    So peace be upon you from me; severed is

    the bond of loved ones between me and you.”