1. My heart and soul find no joy,
Since I've been far from my homeland.

2. How can I be happy and content,
When I'm deprived of my beloved's company?

3. Neither can I rest, nor feel delight,
My heart can't know happiness when we're apart.

4. I've become close friends with sadness,
Barely passing time as the days crawl by.

5. May God relieve the agony of my longing,
And let me quench my thirst from the fountain of joy!

6. May He help me settle again in Hama,
In the best place, with the best people.

7. They set out with the intent, when they called out,
To strip us of blessings in this fertile valley.

8. By God, by God! Such men,
Who walked the path of righteousness!

9. Until they reached the heights and disappeared,
From all that is present and all that is far.

10. Will my heart and soul, on the day we unite,
Attain what they desire?

11. Will time be generous for a while,
Allowing me to drink from the fountain of affection?

12. Before my life comes to an end,
And youth bids farewell and departs?

13. I die, O masters, far away,
With a thirsty heart deprived of its want.

14. Far be it, O sweet dwelling places of yours,
To be cut off from the one who hears the caller,

15. And leaves all behind for love of you,
Not caring who he angers or defies.

16. I still hope for God's kindness,
The Benevolent, the Generous, the Open-Handed.

17. Glorified is He, so noble!
He has bestowed favors and gifts aplenty.