1. وكيفَ أشكرُ مَن أسدَى إليّ يداً

    سرَتْ سُرَى الطّيفِ من مصرٍ إلى الشّامِ

    And how can I thank the one who extended a kindly hand to me,

    That traveled by night like a dream-phantom from Egypt to al-Sham?

  2. رأى مكانِي علَى بُعدِي وقد عَشِيَتْ

    عنّي عيونُ أخِلاَّئِي وأيَّامِي

    He saw where I was, despite my distance, while they had grown blind

    To me—the eyes of my dear friends and my days—

  3. مُحافِظاً لعُهودي حين أفردَنِي

    ظِلّي وأعرَضَ عنّي طيفُ أحلاَمي

    Honoring my covenants, when I was left alone

    By my shadow, and the phantom of my dreams turned away from me.