1. هَل لِفُؤادي يا جيرَةَ الوادي

    مِن أَسرِهِ دونَ دارِهِم فادي

    Is there for my heart, O neighbors of the valley,

    someone to ransom it from captivity outside their dwelling?

  2. أَو يُرجِعُ الدَهرُ لي بَمَعهَدِهِم

    عَهدَ اِجتِمعي بِعودِ أَعيادي

    Or will time restore to me, at their familiar haunt,

    the days of my reunion, with the return of my feast days,

  3. وَتَنقَضي مُدَّةُ الوَعيدِ بِإِبع

    ادي وَيُقضى بِالوَصلِ ميعادي

    and will the term of the threat to banish

    me end, and my promised tryst be fulfilled through reunion?

  4. فَقَد بَمادى هَجري وَقَصَّرَ بي

    نَضوَ اِعتِمادي وَطالَ تَردادي

    For my estrangement has dragged on, and I have been let down

    by the worn-out mount I relied on; my wandering to and fro has grown long.

  5. وَطالَ في تيهِ حُبِّكُم سَفَري

    بِغَيرِ ماءٍ يُرَوّي وَلا زادِ

    And my journey has grown long in the wilderness of love for you,

    without water to quench my thirst, and without provisions.