ألَجَّ فُؤادِي الْيَوْمَ فِيمَا تَذَكَّرَا

ألَجَّ فُؤادِي الْيَوْمَ فِيمَا تَذَكَّرَا

وَشَطَّتْ نَوَى مَنْ حَلَّ جَوَّا وَمَحْضَرَا

وَشَطَّتْ نَوَى مَنْ حَلَّ جَوَّا وَمَحْضَرَا

My heart persisted today in what it remembered,

My heart was stirred today as I recalled

And far stretched the separation from those who dwelt in Jaww and Mahdar,

And yearned for those who once gathered and dwelled

مِنَ الْحَيّ إذْ كَانُوا هُنَاكَ وَإِذْ تَرَى

مِنَ الْحَيّ إذْ كَانُوا هُنَاكَ وَإِذْ تَرَى

لَكَ الْعَيْنُ فِيهِمْ مُسْتَرَاداً وَمَنْظَرا

لَكَ الْعَيْنُ فِيهِمْ مُسْتَرَاداً وَمَنْظَرا

Of the clan, when they were there, and when there was

Among the living, when they were there and you could see

For your eye among them a place to roam and a sight to behold.

Your eyes seeking them out and beholding their sight

وَمَا الْقَلْبُ إلاَّ ذِكْرُهُ حَارِثِيَّةً

وَمَا الْقَلْبُ إلاَّ ذِكْرُهُ حَارِثِيَّةً

خُوَاريَّةً يَحْيَى لَهَا أهْلُ أبهَرَا

خُوَاريَّةً يَحْيَى لَهَا أهْلُ أبهَرَا

And the heart is nothing but its remembrance of a Harithite woman—

For the heart is naught but the memory of them-

A Khuwarite, for whom the people of Abhar live.

Humble and lowly, brought to life by the people of Abhara