1. يومُ بينٍ أَتاحَ لي يومَ بوسِ

    صرتُ فيه طوعاً لأَمْرِ النُّحوسِ

    A day of parting brought me a day of misery.

    That day I became subject to the command of ill fortune.

  2. أحمدٌ بانَ يومَ بانَ بنفسي

    إِنَّ بينَ الأحبابِ بينُ النفوس

    Ahmad departed; the day he departed, he took my soul with him.

    Indeed, the parting of loved ones is the parting of souls.

  3. لا تلمني على البكاءِ ودعني

    حان إطلاقُ دمعيَ المحبوس

    Do not blame me for weeping; leave me be.

    The time has come to release my pent-up tears.

  4. أو تحنُّ البلدانُ يوماً لحنَّتْ

    حَلَبٌ بعْدَه إلى طَرَسوس

    Or, should cities ever yearn, then so would

    Aleppo, after his departure, for Tarsus.