1. Those are my homelands, and this is its symbol,
Engraved in the blank page of my heart.

2. It appears before me in all its splendor,
Wherever I turn my gaze in the universe.

3. In the light of the sun, in the glow of the moon,
In the soft breeze, in the smile of the flowers.

4. In the murmur of the limpid stream, and in
The clamor of the river and the waves of the sea.

5. In the downpour of tears for the agony of longing,
In the flame of yearning, burning in my heart.

6. The ringing of bells bears meaning to its name,
And its name fills the praises of dawn.

7. An idea that blended with every thought,
An image fused with each and every picture.

8. It is in my life a secret, just as
The name of God has become secret in the surahs.

9. My country, O wish of my heart, if
You are safe for me, then life is but ruin.

10. I will not see Paradise, if admitted in it,
While empty of you, except as Hell.

11. My death before demise is, ere I turn blind,
To feast my eyes on your plains no more.

12. My soul thirsts for your songs, so will
This burning in my heart be quenched by fate?

13. Thus the heart prays in its sanctuary,
The soul embraces the Sacred Stone.

14. You pass by me in my dreams, upon
A body emaciated by sleepless nights.

15. And the birds sing in its trees,
A melody that sways the boughs.

16. News carried by the morning breeze,
Flowers spreading the fragrance of the tale.

17. Each longing soul meets its longing,
And the scattered are joined together.

18. My country, allow me to be a drop
Of any water, save what in you is bitter.

19. Would that I had a handful of that soil,
To savor the scent of its exquisite dust.