1. إِنَّ ذا العيدَ فيهِ غابَت نُضارُ

    وَأَخوها فَما لِقَلبي قَرارُ

    On this feast day, Nudar is absent,

    and her brother too; so my heart has no rest.

  2. أَدمُعي تَرتَمي عَلى الخَدِّ سَكباً

    وَفُؤادي مُضطَرِمٌ فيهِ نارُ

    My tears fall in torrents upon my cheek,

    and my heart is ablaze, a fire within it.

  3. صَحِبا مِن ودادِها وَسطَ قَلبي

    كُلَّ وَقتٍ لَهُ إِلَيها اِدِّكارُ

    The two took with them, for love of her, my heart's core—

    it remembers her at every moment—

  4. وَأَخاً خَيِّراً عَفيفاً حَييّاً

    قَد زَكا فَرعُهُ وَطابَ النِجارُ

    and a virtuous, chaste, modest brother,

    whose branch has flourished and whose stock is noble.

  5. أَوحَشَت مِنهُمُ الدِيارُ وَسارُوا

    بِهِمُ تَأَنَسُ الرُبا وَالقِفارُ

    The dwellings grew desolate without them, and they departed;

    the hills and deserts find companionship in them.

  6. حمِلَت مِنهُم الجمالُ جمالاً

    ساطِعاً مِنهُ لِلوَرى أَنوارُ

    In bearing them, the camels bore a beauty

    whose lights shine brightly for all humankind.

  7. أَشرَقَت بِالنَهارِ مِنهُم شُموسٌ

    وَتَجَلَّت في لَيلِهم أَقمارُ

    By day, suns shone forth from among them,

    and moons revealed themselves in their night.

  8. عَبِقَت مِن شَذاهُمُ الأَرض لَمّا

    وَطِئُوها فَتُربُها مِعطارُ

    The earth grew fragrant with their scent when

    they trod upon it; so its soil is richly perfumed.

  9. قاصِدينَ الحِجازَ لِلحَجِ راحُوا

    لَهُمُ الذِكرُ وَالقُرآنُ شِعارُ

    They set out, bound for the Hijaz on pilgrimage;

    remembrance of God and the Quran are their watchword.

  10. بَلَغُوا كَعبةَ الإِلَهِ وَحَجُّوا

    فَبِها حُطَّت عَنهُم الأَوزارُ

    They reached God's Kaaba and performed the pilgrimage;

    there their burdens of sin were lifted from them.

  11. ثُمَ زارُوا لِلمُصطَفى خَيرَ قَبرٍ

    فيهِ خَيرُ الخَلائِقِ المُختارُ

    Then they visited the finest tomb, the Chosen One's;

    within it lies the best of creation, the Elect.

  12. حَنَّ قَلبي لِصالِحٍ وَلَعَمري

    إِنَّ تَرحالهُ لَفِيهِ اِعتِبارُ

    My heart yearned for Salih; and, by my life,

    there is surely a lesson in his journey.

  13. حَجَّ طِفلاً مَع أُمِّهِ وَأَبيهِ

    نالَ ما لَم تَنَلهُ قَطُّ الصغارُ

    He made the pilgrimage as a child with his mother and father,

    attaining what children have never attained.

  14. هُم أُناسٌ حَجُّوا وَزارُوا وفازُوا

    ساعدتهُم في ذَلِكَ الأَقدارُ

    They are people who made the pilgrimage, visited the tomb, and triumphed;

    destiny aided them in this.

  15. وَأَنا الشَيخ أَخَّرتني ذُنوبي

    فَعَسى أَن يُسامِحَ الغَفّارُ

    But I, the old man, was held back by my sins;

    so may the Oft-Forgiving pardon me.

  16. خَلَّفوني وَحدي غَريباً فَريداً

    كُلَّ حينٍ يَشُوقُني التَّذكارُ

    They left me behind, alone, a stranger, solitary;

    at every moment remembrance stirs my longing.

  17. أَتُراني أَحيا أُشاهِدُ حَيّانَ

    وَتَبدُو لِناظِرَيَّ نُضارُ

    Shall I live, I wonder, to see Hayyan,

    and will Nudar appear before my eyes?

  18. زَهرتا مُهجَتي وَنُورا فُؤادِي

    وَأَنيساي إِن عَراني اِفتِكارُ

    The two blossoms of my soul, the two lights of my heart,

    and my two companions when brooding overtakes me.

  19. فارَقاني شَهراً وَشَهراً وَشَهراً

    ما لِقَلبي عِلى الفِراقِ اِصطِبارُ

    They left me for a month, and a month, and a month;

    my heart has no patience for separation.

  20. يا نَسيمَ الصَبا أَلا احمِل سَلامي

    للأَحبّاءِ حَيثُ شَطَّ المزارُ

    O breeze of the east wind, pray carry my greeting

    to my loved ones, whose meeting-place lies far away.

  21. قُلتُ لِلنَفسِ وَهيَ ذاتُ اِضطّراب

    اِستَكِني فَقَد تَقَضّى السِفارُ

    I said to my soul, while it was full of unrest:

    “Be still, for the journey has ended.

  22. قَد أَتانا مُبَشِر بِالتَداني

    وَغَداً تَجمَعُ الحَبيبَ الدِيارُ

    A bearer of glad tidings has come to us, announcing their approach;

    and tomorrow these homes will reunite us with the beloved.”