1. The memory of her has brought me grief,
And so tears fall from my eyes like a stream.
١. عادَ لي مِن ذِكرِها نَصَبٌ
فَدُموعُ العَينِ تَنسَكِبُ
2. Such is love - it brings its companion
Sorrow and melancholy it would seem.
٢. وَكَذاكَ الحُبُّ صاحِبُهُ
يَعتَريهِ الهَمُّ وَالوَصَبُ
3. The best one to hope for, the most generous,
Is a king whom all Arabs obey.
٣. خَيرُ مَن يُرجى وَمَن يَهَبُ
مَلِكٌ دانَت لَهُ العَرَبُ
4. And it's right that he be obeyed
One whose father was the Prophet's uncle.
٤. وَحَقيقٌ أَن يُدانَ لَهُ
مَن أَبوهُ لِلنَبِيِّ أَبُ