1. Our days when you were present were the sweetest
How much did I revere and hold you dear

2. Do not deny my standing humbly at your dwelling
Oh home, if not for my loved ones and you

3. I would not have stood like a lost weeping wanderer
How many dear souls have departed, how many

4. Oh sanctuary where we found peace
By God, I did not choke back my tears in sorrow

5. Nor kiss the dust of the ground out of dignity
Except to indulge a companion now gone from you

6. Is there still kindness in them after their affection?
Alas for my heart at their scattered state

7. By God, the world cannot allow the like of them
You were the sweetest, oh days of their company

8. And nights of contentment, how luminous you were
Oh full moon, we turned away and abandoned you

9. Yet our hearts still shelter you
Why does the thought of those times still torment us?

10. When I recall a time that brought us together
My liver is torn with yearning to see you

11. Perhaps the spirit of acceptance will draw near them
And nearness will establish what distance erased

12. How much I call out and sing of the brilliant four!
Oh my steadfast heart, where has endurance gone? Only sorrow remains

13. Oh dwellings of Salma, where is your peace?