نَبَت بِكَ عَن أَوطانِ عِزِّكَ غَيبَةٌ

نَبَت بِكَ عَن أَوطانِ عِزِّكَ غَيبَةٌ

فَكُنّا كَزندٍ عُطّلت مِن سِوارِها

فَكُنّا كَزندٍ عُطّلت مِن سِوارِها

Absence carried you away from the homelands of your glory;

Your absence from your beloved homelands grew

So we were like a wrist stripped of its bracelet.

So we were like a bracelet whose gem was lost

وَكُنتَ الثُريّا حينَ عادَت وَأَشرَقَت

وَكُنتَ الثُريّا حينَ عادَت وَأَشرَقَت

أَمِنّا بِها الآفاتِ بَعدَ حَذارِها

أَمِنّا بِها الآفاتِ بَعدَ حَذارِها

And you were the Pleiades when they returned and shone;

And you were the Pleiades when you returned and rose

Through them we were safe from calamities after fearing them.

After we took precautions against afflictions from it