عُصفورَتانِ في الحِجا

عُصفورَتانِ في الحِجا

زِ حَلَّتا عَلى فَنَن

زِ حَلَّتا عَلى فَنَن

Two sparrows in the Hijaz

Two birds in the thicket

settled upon a bough,

Alighted on branches

في خامِلٍ مِنَ الرِيا

في خامِلٍ مِنَ الرِيا

ضِ لا نَدٍ وَلا حَسَن

ضِ لا نَدٍ وَلا حَسَن

in an unremarkable garden,

In a drowsy part of the land

neither dewy nor fair.

With no crops or beauty.

بَيناهُما تَنتَجِيا

بَيناهُما تَنتَجِيا

نِ سَحَراً عَلى الغُصُن

نِ سَحَراً عَلى الغُصُن

While the two whispered together

As they chirped together

before dawn upon the branch,

At dawn on the bough

مَرَّ عَلى أَيكِهِما

مَرَّ عَلى أَيكِهِما

ريحٌ سَرى مِنَ اليَمَن

ريحٌ سَرى مِنَ اليَمَن

there passed over their grove

A wind blew upon them

a wind that had traveled by night from Yemen.

Drifting from Yemen.

حَيّا وَقالَ دُرَّتا

حَيّا وَقالَ دُرَّتا

نِ في وِعاءٍ مُمتَهَن

نِ في وِعاءٍ مُمتَهَن

It greeted them and said, "Two pearls

It greeted and said, "Two pearls

in a despised vessel!

In a worn-out vessel,

لَقَد رَأَيتُ حَولَ صَن

لَقَد رَأَيتُ حَولَ صَن

عاءَ وَفي ظِلِّ عَدَن

عاءَ وَفي ظِلِّ عَدَن

Indeed, I have seen around Sana'a

I've seen around the meadows

and in the shade of Aden

And in the shade of Aden,

خَمائِلاً كَأَنَّها

خَمائِلاً كَأَنَّها

بَقِيَّةٌ مِن ذي يَزَن

بَقِيَّةٌ مِن ذي يَزَن

lush groves that seemed

Pleasant places like those

a remnant of Dhu Yazan.

Left by the tribe of Yazan.

الحَبُّ فيها سُكَّرٌ

الحَبُّ فيها سُكَّرٌ

وَالماءُ شُهدٌ وَلَبَن

وَالماءُ شُهدٌ وَلَبَن

The grain there is sugar,

Love there is sugar,

and the water is honey and milk.

Water, honey and milk."

لَم يَرَها الطَيرُ وَلَم

لَم يَرَها الطَيرُ وَلَم

يَسمَع بِها إِلّا اِفتَتَن

يَسمَع بِها إِلّا اِفتَتَن

No bird has seen them, nor

No bird had seen them

heard of them, without being captivated.

Or heard of them but was spellbound.

هَيّا اِركَباني نَأتِها

هَيّا اِركَباني نَأتِها

في ساعَةٍ مِنَ الزَمَن

في ساعَةٍ مِنَ الزَمَن

Come, both of you, ride on me; we shall reach them

"Come, let's go there

in an hour's time."

For an hour's time."

قالَت لَهُ إِحداهُما

قالَت لَهُ إِحداهُما

وَالطَيرُ مِنهُنَّ الفَطِن

وَالطَيرُ مِنهُنَّ الفَطِن

One of the two said to it—

One bird said to it,

and birds have their wise ones—

And birds are the smartest creatures,

يا ريحُ أَنتَ اِبنُ السَبي

يا ريحُ أَنتَ اِبنُ السَبي

لِ ما عَرَفتَ ما السَكَن

لِ ما عَرَفتَ ما السَكَن

"O wind, you are a son of the road;

"Oh wind, you're the son of mischief.

you have never known what home is.

You know nothing of settling down.

هَب جَنَّةَ الخُلدِ اليَمَن

هَب جَنَّةَ الخُلدِ اليَمَن

لا شَيءَ يَعدِلُ الوَطَن

لا شَيءَ يَعدِلُ الوَطَن

Suppose Yemen were the Garden of Eternity:

Leave the eternal Garden of Yemen be.

nothing equals one's homeland."

Nothing compares to one's homeland."