1. سرَوْ للشآم وغرب الجفون

    تفطر منا بنار الهموم

    They journeyed by night to Syria, and the eyelids’ tear-stream

    Burst forth from us in the fire of sorrow.

  2. ففي الشرق أحبابنا كالبدور

    وفي الغرب أدمعنا كالنجوم

    For in the East our loved ones are like full moons,

    And in the West our tears are like stars.