1. I yearn for the Yemeni lightning out of youthfulness
Because my home is Yemeni and it too is Yemeni
١. أحِنُّ إِلى البَرق اليَماني صَبابَةً
لأَنّي يماني الدار وَهوَ يَماني
2. It's as if, from excessive youthfulness, I glimpse
My fingers from Mahdi Al-Salam's cradle
٢. كَأَنّيَ مِن فرط الصَّبابةِ لامِحٌ
أَناملَ مِن مُهدي السَّلامِ قَواني
3. It's as if the flickering lightnings borrowed
The zeal of an impassioned one from the intensity of the flickering
٣. كَأَنَّ البُروقَ الخافِقَاتِ مُعارَةٌ
حَشى هايمٍ مِن شِدَّةِ الخَفَقانِ