English rendering of the meaning. The Arabic text is the original; this translation does not reproduce its metre or rhyme.

Because you mean so much to me, I keep asking after you. I am lost in love, longing for you and wanting you near.

What can I do when you are away, my love, when my very soul rests in your hands?

I want to know you are well, even when I cannot see you. Tell me about your world and how life is treating you.

I swear I love you with all my heart. Not a moment passes without your image beside me.

You need only ask—even for my eyes. Who but you could drive me so far beyond myself?

Never think that I have forgotten you for a moment. I want no one else, even if others want me.

My beloved, I wish I could always be with you. You are dearer than my soul; I would give you all my years.

You are the remedy for my heart, the balm for my wounds. Nothing in this world is worth as much to me as you.

Meleih Almeleihi