أخي نلتَ الذي قد كنت تطلبه

أخي نلتَ الذي قد كنت تطلبه

وفزت دوني بما ترجو وترغبه

وفزت دوني بما ترجو وترغبه

My brother, you have attained what you had been seeking,

My brother, you have attained what you sought

My brother, you have attained that which you sought,

And won, unlike me, what you hope for and desire.

And won, without me, what you wished for and desired

And achieved, without me, what you hope for and desire.

وساعدتك الليالي لا شقيت فدُم

وساعدتك الليالي لا شقيت فدُم

قريرِ عينٍ بوصلٍ ليس تسلَبه

قريرِ عينٍ بوصلٍ ليس تسلَبه

And the nights have favored you—may you never suffer—so remain

And the nights helped you, though I suffered distress

The nights have favored you—may you never suffer—so remain

With eyes at peace, in a union you will not be deprived of.

With tearful eyes from a separation you seized

Content of eye with a union that cannot be seized from you.

قد طاب في طيبة الغرّا مقامكم

قد طاب في طيبة الغرّا مقامكم

جوار محبوبنا من كنت ترقبه

جوار محبوبنا من كنت ترقبه

Your stay in radiant Tayba has indeed been sweet,

Your stay became pleasant in our beloved’s abode

Pleasant indeed is your stay in illustrious Taybah,

Beside our beloved, whom you had been awaiting.

Near our beloved whom you were awaiting

In the neighborhood of our Beloved, whom you awaited.

يا هل ترى مثلما فزتم أفوز وهل

يا هل ترى مثلما فزتم أفوز وهل

تعلو سعودي على نحسي فتقلبه

تعلو سعودي على نحسي فتقلبه

Ah, do you think I shall win as you have, and will

O you who succeeded, will I succeed like you?

Oh, do you think I shall win just as you have won, and will

My good fortunes rise above my ill fortune and overturn it?

Will my ill-fortune turn and good fortune raise me?

My good fortune rise above my misfortune to overturn it?