1. إذا غبتَ يا شمسَ المكارمِ والنَّدَى

    وأظْلَمَ من أُفْقِ التَّواصُلِ هِجْرانُ

    When you are absent, O sun of noble virtues and generosity,

    And estrangement brings darkness from the horizon of communion,

  2. في كلِّ طَرْفٍ من خَيالِك صُورةٌ

    وفي كلِّ عَيْنٍ مثْلَما قيل إنْسانُ

    In every eye is an image of your phantom,

    And in every eye, as they say, a person—the pupil.