1. يا غائِباً بَعْدَهْ الْسّلْوانُ ما حَضَرا

    وَواصِلاً لِسُهادِ الْجَفْنِ مذْ هَجَرا

    O absent one, after whose departure no solace came,

    Yet keeping company with the eyelid’s sleeplessness ever since turning away.

  2. رَحَلْتَ عَنْ مُغْرَمٍ حَلَّ الْغَرامُ بهِ

    قَرَّبْتَ بالبُعْدِ مِنْ أعْيانِهِ السَّهرا

    You departed from a lovesick man in whom passion had taken hold.

    Through distance, you brought sleeplessness close to his eyes.

  3. كَثَّرتَ أَشْواقَ من قَلَّلْتَ راحَتَهُ

    قَصَّرْتَ لَذّةَ مَنْ طَوَّلْتَ عَنْهُ سُرَى

    You multiplied the longings of one whose rest you diminished.

    You shortened the joy of one from whom you prolonged your night journey.