وَإِنّي لَآتي الأَرضَ مالي حاجَةٌ

وَإِنّي لَآتي الأَرضَ مالي حاجَةٌ

سِواكِ وَلا دَينٌ بِها أَنا طالِبُه

سِواكِ وَلا دَينٌ بِها أَنا طالِبُه

And indeed I come to the land with no need

I come to this world though I have no need

other than you, and no debt there that I seek.

Of anything here but you—no creed

فَإِتيانُها ظُلمٌ وَهِجرانُها جَوىً

فَإِتيانُها ظُلمٌ وَهِجرانُها جَوىً

بَرى أَعظُمى أَن لا تُغِبَّ نَوائِبُه

بَرى أَعظُمى أَن لا تُغِبَّ نَوائِبُه

So visiting it is injustice, and forsaking it is heartache,

To seek. So staying would be cruel,

which has worn away my bones, for its afflictions never let up.

But leaving breaks my heart, poor fool.