1. سَلامٌ على النَّازحِ المُغْتَرِبْ

    تحيّةَ صَبٍّ به مُكْتَئِبْ

    Peace upon the distant one, living far from home;

    A lovesick lover's greeting, despondent over him.

  2. غزالٌ مراتِعُهُ بالبليخِ

    إلى دير زَكّى فجِسْرِ الخَشَبْ

    A gazelle whose grazing grounds lie by the Balikh,

    As far as Zakka Monastery, then the Wooden Bridge.

  3. أيا مَنْ أَعانَ عَلى نَفْسِهِ

    بتخليفِهِ طَائِعاً مَنْ أَحَبّ

    O you who helped bring harm upon yourself

    By willingly leaving behind the one you loved:

  4. سَأَسْتُر والسَّترُ من شِيمَتي

    هَوى مَنْ أُحِبُّ بِمَنْ لا أُحِبّ

    I shall conceal—and concealment is in my nature—

    My love for the one I love, under cover of one I do not love.