لولا معنى يلوح بين الخيم

لولا معنى يلوح بين الخيم

ما عجت ولا وقفت عند العلم

ما عجت ولا وقفت عند العلم

Were it not for a meaning gleaming among the tents,

Were it not for a meaning glimpsed amid the tents

I would not have turned aside, nor stopped at the landmark.

I would not have been amazed nor stopped at the banner.

لولا أنتم وحبكم في القدم

لولا أنتم وحبكم في القدم

ما سرت على الهول للثم الحجر

ما سرت على الهول للثم الحجر

Were it not for you and love for you since time immemorial,

Were it not for you and your love of old,

I would not have journeyed despite the peril to kiss the stone.

I would not have walked fearlessly to kiss the stone.