أَنا وَالأَحِبَّة مُنجِدٌ وَمُغَوّرُ

أَنا وَالأَحِبَّة مُنجِدٌ وَمُغَوّرُ

فَعَلامَ لا اَحنو وَلا أَتَذَكَّرُ

فَعَلامَ لا اَحنو وَلا أَتَذَكَّرُ

My loved ones and I—one bound for Najd, the other for the lowlands.

I and my loved ones are ready and prepared

Then why should I not feel tenderness and remember?

So why don't I sigh or remember

لِبُكاءِ هَذا اليَومِ صُنتُ مَدامِعي

لِبُكاءِ هَذا اليَومِ صُنتُ مَدامِعي

وَكَذا العَزيزُ لِكُلَ خَطتٍ يُدخَرُ

وَكَذا العَزيزُ لِكُلَ خَطتٍ يُدخَرُ

I saved my tears for weeping on this day.

For the tears of this day I guarded my eyes

Thus what is precious is stored away for every calamity.

And so did the dear one for every stored plan

يا ساكِني وادي العَقيقِ فَدَتكُم

يا ساكِني وادي العَقيقِ فَدَتكُم

عَينٌ مَدامِعُها عَقيقٌ أَحمَرُ

عَينٌ مَدامِعُها عَقيقٌ أَحمَرُ

O dwellers of Wadi al-‘Aqiq, may you be ransomed by

O dwellers of Wadi Al-Aqeeq I sacrifice for you

An eye whose tears are red agate.

An eye whose tears are red agate

بِنتُم فَما اِستَعذَبتُ بَعدَ حَديثِكُم

بِنتُم فَما اِستَعذَبتُ بَعدَ حَديثِكُم

لَفظاً وَلَم يَحسُن لِعَيني مَنظِرُ

لَفظاً وَلَم يَحسُن لِعَيني مَنظِرُ

You departed; after your conversation I found no sweetness

You lived so I haven't yet savored your talk

In any word, nor did any sight please my eye.

A word or a sight that pleased my eye

لَيتَ اللَيالي بِالحِمى رَجَعَت لَنا

لَيتَ اللَيالي بِالحِمى رَجَعَت لَنا

وَلَها مِنَ الوَهّابِ ما تَتَخَيَّرُ

وَلَها مِنَ الوَهّابِ ما تَتَخَيَّرُ

If only the nights in the protected grounds would return to us,

I wish the nights would come back to us in Hima

And may they have from the Bestower whatever they choose.

And from the Giver it would choose what it wants