يا ديارَ االأحبابِ هل من مجيبٍ

يا ديارَ االأحبابِ هل من مجيبٍ

عنكِ يشفي غليل نائي المزارِ

عنكِ يشفي غليل نائي المزارِ

O dwellings of loved ones, is there anyone to answer

O dwellings of my loved ones, is there one who will answer

On your behalf and soothe the longing of one whose abode is far away?

About you, and soothe the anguish of my distant pilgrimage?

ما أجابت ولكن الصمتَ منها

ما أجابت ولكن الصمتَ منها

فيها للسائلين طولُ اعتبارِ

فيها للسائلين طولُ اعتبارِ

They gave no answer, but their silence

They did not answer, but their silence to the questioners

Offers those who ask much cause for reflection.

Contains ample consideration.

إن تكن أوحشت فبعد أنيس

إن تكن أوحشت فبعد أنيس

أو خَلت منهم فبعد قرار

أو خَلت منهم فبعد قرار

If they have grown desolate, it is after companionship;

If you have become desolate after the departure of companions,

Or stand empty of them, it is after habitation.

Or empty after they left, after settlement,

قد لهونا بها زماناً وحيناً

قد لهونا بها زماناً وحيناً

ووصلنا الأسحار بالأسحار

ووصلنا الأسحار بالأسحار

Indeed, we reveled there for a time and a while,

We have enjoyed ourselves in you for a time and an hour,

And joined predawn hours to predawn hours.

And greeted the dawns with more dawns,

واغتبقنا على صَبوحٍ ولهوٍ

واغتبقنا على صَبوحٍ ولهوٍ

وحنين الناياتِ والأوتارِ

وحنين الناياتِ والأوتارِ

And drank evening wine after morning wine, with merriment

And indulged at dawn and play,

And the plaintive strains of reed flutes and strings,

And the tunes of flutes and strings,

بين وردٍ ونرجسٍ وخزامى

بين وردٍ ونرجسٍ وخزامى

وبنفس وسوسن وبهار

وبنفس وسوسن وبهار

Among roses, narcissi, and lavender,

Amidst roses, narcissi, chamomile,

And violets, irises, and oxeye daisies,

Basil, lilies, and flowers,

وأقاح وكل صنفٍ من النَو

وأقاح وكل صنفٍ من النَو

رِ الشهيِّ الجني ومن جُلَّنارِ

رِ الشهيِّ الجني ومن جُلَّنارِ

And daisies, and every kind of

Pomegranate and all kinds of delicate blossoms,

Delightful, freshly plucked blossom, and pomegranate flowers.

The tender basil and the bright anemone.

فَرَمَتنا الأيامُ أحسن ما كُن

فَرَمَتنا الأيامُ أحسن ما كُن

نا على حين غفلةٍ واغترار

نا على حين غفلةٍ واغترار

Then the days struck us when we were at our best,

So the days cast us in the best condition while heedless and deceived,

In a moment of heedlessness and delusion.

And we parted after a long gathering,

فافترقنا من بعدِ طولِ اجتماعٍ

فافترقنا من بعدِ طولِ اجتماعٍ

ونأينا بعد اقترابِ الديارِ

ونأينا بعد اقترابِ الديارِ

So we parted after long togetherness,

And grew distant after the proximity of the dwellings.

And grew far apart after our dwellings had been close.