قَضى وَطراً مِن أَهلِهِ كُلُّ نازِحِ

قَضى وَطراً مِن أَهلِهِ كُلُّ نازِحِ

وَكَرَّ يُداوي عِلَّةً في الجَوارِحِ

وَكَرَّ يُداوي عِلَّةً في الجَوارِحِ

Every exile has fulfilled his longing for his kin,

Each emigrant bid farewell to his family

and returned to heal an ailment in his limbs.

And returned to cure an ailment in his limbs

سِوايَ فَإِنّي رَهنُ أَدهَمَ مُبهِمٍ

سِوايَ فَإِنّي رَهنُ أَدهَمَ مُبهِمٍ

سَبيلَ نَجاتي آخِذٌ بالمبارحِ

سَبيلَ نَجاتي آخِذٌ بالمبارحِ

Except me: I am captive to a black fetter that bars

Except for me, for I am enthralled by an enigmatic darkness

my path to deliverance and grips me with torments.

Seeking deliverance, seizing the dawn departures