أهْدِي إليْكُمْ علَى بُعْدِ الدِّيَارِ لَكُمْ

أهْدِي إليْكُمْ علَى بُعْدِ الدِّيَارِ لَكُمْ

بَعدَ السَّلامِ ضُروبَ الهَمِّ والأَسَفِ

بَعدَ السَّلامِ ضُروبَ الهَمِّ والأَسَفِ

I send to you—despite the homelands’ distance from you—

I offer you, though our homes are far apart,

after greetings, manifold anguish and sorrow.

after greetings, many kinds of worry and sorrow.

فإنْ تَفَرَّقَ في النَّاسِ الأسَى فَغَدَا

فإنْ تَفَرَّقَ في النَّاسِ الأسَى فَغَدَا

سَهْمٌ لهَذا وهَذَا فَهوَ أجْمَعُ في

سَهْمٌ لهَذا وهَذَا فَهوَ أجْمَعُ في

For if grief were apportioned among the people, then would become

For if sorrow is divided among people, becoming

my share for this one and that one—so it is more completely gathered in...

a share for this one and that, it is all gathered in me.