1. I gave my soul to those whose fates
Forced them far from their native homes to roam.
١. أَفدي الَّذينَ قَضَت لَهُم أَيدي النَوى
بِالبُعدِ عَن أَوطانِهِم فَتَغَرَّبوا
2. Though from my sight they've gone, my memory yet
Keeps them with me--the absent ever-present.
٢. غابوا وَمَثَّلَ شَخصَهُم لِنَواظِري
ذِكري لَهُم فَهُمُ الحُضورُ الغُيَّبُ