1. This ruby land, its groves and slopes,
And lofty Kadhimah palaces now lie deserted,

2. Time has mourned over the meanings of its expanse,
O burning grief! What sorrows hearts endure!

3. My tears have carved their channels on its cheeks,
Alas! The channels carved by tears that poured!

4. What piercing sadness in these palace ruins
That four winds built and obliterated!

5. Though long gone are those lands,
In my heart remains the sorrow and the pain,

6. Never again such pleasure will I know
As we once shared in happiness complete,

7. When life's meadow shone fresh and bloomed,
And we had restful shade and sweet retreat.

8. Now time has judged and come between us,
Parting is heralded by the motley crow.

9. Can those sweet bygone nights return?
Alas! No hope of that remains!

10. O you who mourn the ruins, enough!
Though tears flow on and heart is wracked with pain,

11. Leave the abandoned camp, set out instead
For land where the Light of Truth does shine,

12. Where you will find clear running waters
To cleanse heart’s thirst and heal spirit’s bane.

13. O you who ask of blessed land, it is
The horizon where the Sun of Glory rose,

14. For honor, Yathrib’s orbits glow,
And every clan therein has noble roots.

15. Had I the means I would revisit it,
But God alone what will be done, decrees.

16. Greet ruby land for me, though we now part,
Where still sweet-throated birds their songs trill.