1. حدا الفِراق فمهلاً أيُّها الحادي

    لا شيءَ أوجعُ من بَيْنٍ وإبعادِ

    Parting has urged us onward—so gently, O camel-driver.

    Nothing is more painful than separation and being sent away.

  2. أَستودِع اللهَ مَنْ فَقِدي لرؤيتهمْ

    أمَرُّ من فَقْدِ شُرب الماء للصادي

    I entrust to God those whose absence from my sight

    Is bitterer than a thirsty person's lack of water to drink.

  3. لولا دموعيَ في يوم الوَداع إذاً

    لأَحرقَتْ زَفَراتي ثَمَّ عُوّادي

    Were it not for my tears on the day of farewell, then

    My sighs would have burned those visiting me there.

  4. فإنْ قَضَى بالتلاقي اللهُ ثانيةً

    فالشكرُ أعظمُ ما صيَّرتُه زادي

    And if God decrees that we meet again,

    Then gratitude is the greatest thing I have taken as my sustenance.