1. He braced himself for departure, but could not
Farewell, o paradise of the world, farewell

2. May the days reunite me, for I see
Life as separation and gathering

3. Oh, if only the countries had hearts
As people's hearts break with yearning

4. If only the parting made some hearts ache
And what separation did the next morning wreak

5. By God, if my place knew
The minarets and citadels would speak

6. It contained the sailboats and the tall ships
When I docked them, it contained the meadows

7. I asked my heart about those nights
Were they nights or were they moments?

8. My heart replied: "Nay, they passed quickly
Like my heartbeats when I remember them"

9. The legacy of Muhammad and Jesus' heritage
You were pleased with both between them

10. Did stubbornness in you make a people
Whom ignorance stretches contention between them

11. I see the Merciful fortified His two mosques
With the longest wall against you is defiance

12. You were a pillar for His embargoed House
And you were a ceiling for His Farthest House

13. Your air and the gushing springs
Are enough of the world's possessions

14. Whenever your sun rises on the horizon
Life shimmers with its rays

15. And your beauties there above the earth are houris
Companions with no veils or masks

16. Around a cove of blazing flowers
Exalted is God in creation and innovation

17. Their cove spirits the stream and rises
Onto Paradise, plateaus and dales