أَنا بِالأَهوازِ مَحزو

أَنا بِالأَهوازِ مَحزو

ن وِبِالبَصرَةِ داري

ن وِبِالبَصرَةِ داري

I am in Ahvaz, sorrow-

I am downhearted in Ahvaz

In Ahwaz I am filled with sor-

-ful, and my home is in Basra,

And Basra is my home

-row, while in Basra is my stay;

في بَني سَعدٍ وَسَعدٌ

في بَني سَعدٍ وَسَعدٌ

حَيثُ أَهلي وَقَراري

حَيثُ أَهلي وَقَراري

among the Banu Saʿd—and happiness

Among the Bani Sa’d, where Sa’d

Among the Banu Sa'd—for Sa'd

lies where my family and my dwelling are.

Is my family and place of rest

Is where my kin and solace lay;

صِرتُ كَالخَفّاشِ لا أُب

صِرتُ كَالخَفّاشِ لا أُب

صِرفي ضَوءِ النَهارِ

صِرفي ضَوءِ النَهارِ

I have become like a bat: I do not

I have become like a bat, unable to see

I have become a bat that can-

see in the light of day.

The light of day

-not see within the light of day.