1. Between my eyelids and sleep
An obstacle lies, if only you wished it gone

2. I and the days toss me
Between a longing one and an infatuated one

3. I have a heart in you, you deny
My ribs weakened from sadness

4. And a sigh, if you knew of it
You would set the fire of separation in my body

5. O my people, I am a man
Perplexed in my matter and my time

6. Complaining of estrangement and hardship
This is the utmost of tribulations

7. O you who aspires in time
With an aspiration that transcends the prudent one

8. And a young man whose thoughts
In the nights of time, do not betray

9. O prince of pilgrimage, you are for it
The best guardian, the best trustee

10. The Sacred House shook for you
A shaking of longing for homeland

11. The land of Hijaz rejoiced in you
Its rejoicing in the fine drizzle

12. And the good news of the arrival came to it
With you from Egypt to Aden