هَا قَدْ تَبَدَّلْتُ أَوْطاناً بِأَوْطانِ

هَا قَدْ تَبَدَّلْتُ أَوْطاناً بِأَوْطانِ

عَمْداً وَفَارَقْتُ خُلاناً بِخُلانِ

عَمْداً وَفَارَقْتُ خُلاناً بِخُلانِ

Behold, I have exchanged homelands for homelands,

I have deliberately changed homelands for homelands

deliberately, and left friends for other friends.

And parted from friends for friends

فَلْيَبْلُغِ الشَّوْقُ بِي أَقْصى مَرَاتِبِهِ

فَلْيَبْلُغِ الشَّوْقُ بِي أَقْصى مَرَاتِبِهِ

فَكَمْ بُدُورٍ عَلَى قُضْبانِ كُثْبانِ

فَكَمْ بُدُورٍ عَلَى قُضْبانِ كُثْبانِ

So let longing carry me to its utmost heights;

So let longing reach its utmost in me

for how many full moons there are upon the boughs of dunes!

For how many risings and settings on the dunes of sand dunes

فَإِنَّني باذِلٌ بِالصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ فَتىً

فَإِنَّني باذِلٌ بِالصَّبْرِ عِنْدَ فَتىً

تَقْبِيلُ وَجْنَتِهِ وَالرُّكْنِ سِيَّانِ

تَقْبِيلُ وَجْنَتِهِ وَالرُّكْنِ سِيَّانِ

For I am generous with patience in the presence of a youth:

I am steadfast with patience before a youth

kissing his cheek and kissing the Kaaba’s Corner are one and the same.

Kissing his cheek or the corner is the same