1. وَيَلاهُ لا طيفٌ يُواصِلُ في الكَرى

    مِنكُم وَلا خَبرٌ يَلُمُّ فَأسمَعُ

    Alas for me! No phantom visits me in slumber

    from you, nor does any news arrive for me to hear.

  2. وَالهَجرُ مِنكُم لا يَلُمُّ بِهِ النَوى

    يا سادَتي نَعَقَ الغُرابُ الأَبقَعُ

    And your estrangement—distance does not draw near it.

    O my masters, the pied crow has cawed.