1. ما سِرتُ ميلاً وَلا جاوَزتُ مَرحَلَةً

    إِلَّا وَذِكرُكِ يَثني دائِباً عُنُقي

    Never have I traveled a mile or passed a stage of the journey

    without the memory of you ceaselessly turning my neck back.

  2. وَلا ذَكَرتُك إِلَّا بِتُّ مُرتَفِقاً

    صَبّاً حَزيناً كَأَنَّ المَوتَ مُعتَنِقي

    Nor have I remembered you without spending the night propped on my elbow,

    lovesick and sorrowful, as though death were embracing me.