1. نظامَ الدّينِ لا سُقَيا لخَطبٍ

    رَمانَا بالنّوَى بعدَ اجتماعِ

    Nizam al-Din, may no rain bless the calamity

    That struck us with separation after we had been together.

  2. عدَا حتّى على حُسنِ اصْطبارِي

    وضَنّ عليّ حتّى بالوَداعِ

    It assailed even my steadfast patience,

    And begrudged me even a farewell.

  3. فمَا قلبي لسُلوانٍ مُطيعٌ

    ولا السّلوان عنك بمستطاعِ

    So my heart will not yield to consolation,

    Nor is forgetting you within my power.

  4. ولو أَمَّلتُ أَن أَلقاكَ حتَّى

    أَبثُّكَ مضمرَ القلبِ الشَّعاعِ

    And if I could hope to meet you, so that

    I might confide to you the secrets of my scattered heart,

  5. لسرّتْنِي الأمانِي أو لسرّتْ

    جَوَى قلبي لبُعدك واُلْتِيَاعي

    My hopes would gladden me, or conceal

    My heart's burning grief at your absence, and my anguish.