1. وَلي واحِدٌ مِثل فَرخِ القَطا

    صَغيرٌ تَخلَّفَ قَلبي لَدَيه

    And I have one child, like a sandgrouse chick,

    a little one with whom my heart stayed behind.

  2. نَأَت عَنهُ داري فَيا وَحشَتي

    لِذاكَ الشَخيصِ وَذاكَ الوَجيه

    My home is far from him—oh, my loneliness

    for that little figure and that little face!

  3. تَشَوَّقَني وَتَشَوَّقتُهُ

    فَيَبكي عَلَيَّ وَأَبكي عَلَيه

    He longs for me, and I long for him;

    so he weeps for me, and I weep for him.

  4. وَقَد تَعِب الشَوق ما بَينَنا

    فَمِنهُ إِليَّ وَمَنّي إِلَيه

    And longing has grown weary between us,

    passing from him to me, and from me to him.