1. وَإِنّي لَأَدنى ما أَكونُ أَمانِياً

    إِذا كُنتَ أَنأى ما تَكونُ مَنازِلا

    And indeed, I am closest to you in my wishes

    When you are farthest away in your dwellings.

  2. أَيا غائِباً لَم أَحتَسِب بُعدَ دارِهِ

    فَأَلبَسَ قَلباً لِلمَصائِبِ حامِلا

    O absent one, whose home's remoteness I had not foreseen,

    So that I might don a heart able to bear calamities.

  3. وَلَكِن أَتاني البَينُ مِن غَيرِ مَوعِدِ

    فَقُل في سِهامٍ قَد أَصَبنَ مَقاتِلا

    And yet parting came to me without an appointed time;

    So speak of arrows that have struck vital spots.