ثَنَاهُ إلى أَوْطَانهِ شَوْقُ نَازِحِ

ثَنَاهُ إلى أَوْطَانهِ شَوْقُ نَازِحِ

وَنَارُ جَوى تَنْبثُّ بَيْنَ الجَوانِحِ

وَنَارُ جَوى تَنْبثُّ بَيْنَ الجَوانِحِ

The longing of one far away turned him back toward his native lands,

Longing for his homeland made the homesick man yearn,

and a fire of heartache spreading between his ribs.

And the fire of love spread through his being.

حَلِيفُ غَرَامٍ يَسْتَغِشُّ نَصِيحَهُ

حَلِيفُ غَرَامٍ يَسْتَغِشُّ نَصِيحَهُ

وَلَيْسَ عَذُول في الغَرَامِ بِنَاصِحِ

وَلَيْسَ عَذُول في الغَرَامِ بِنَاصِحِ

An ally of passion, he suspects his sincere adviser of deceit,

A lover's ally hides advice from him,

and no reproacher is a sincere adviser in love.

In love there is no good advisor.

وَيَشْتَاقُ مِن أَعْلامِ وَجْرَةَ مَنْزِلاً

وَيَشْتَاقُ مِن أَعْلامِ وَجْرَةَ مَنْزِلاً

غَدَتْ أُسْدُهُ طَوْعَ الظِّباء السَّوَانِحِ

غَدَتْ أُسْدُهُ طَوْعَ الظِّباء السَّوَانِحِ

And he longs for a dwelling among the landmarks of Wajra,

And he longs for the landmarks of Wajrat, his home,

whose lions have become obedient to the gazelles passing from left to right.

Its lions now tame before the zebras.

أَغَارُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِن ضَميرِي فَيَالَهُ

أَغَارُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِن ضَميرِي فَيَالَهُ

هَوًى رَابني حتَّى اتّهَمْتُ جَوَارِحِي

هَوًى رَابني حتَّى اتّهَمْتُ جَوَارِحِي

I am jealous over them even of my own thoughts—what a

I envy them for my conscience, so I said:

love that filled me with suspicion, until I mistrusted my own limbs!

Passion has nurtured me until I suspected my own limbs.