1. My loved ones in Damascus, longing
Left no place in my heart for love after you

2. And I hoped to meet in Egypt, perhaps
Your company would bring joy to me

3. The company of a people whose light
Relieved me and every newcomer of sorrow

4. The testimony of people about them
Was accepted even by the jealous

5. O master, I have not found any place
Like it in welcome or foreignness

6. The nights of fasting I have not broken
Fast throughout the year relatively

7. So may nearness to your protection find joy
In fasting and in breaking fast, and may nearness rejoice