1. When your eyes weep and longing leads you,
To the one you long for, until the hidden becomes clear,
١. إِذا دَمَعَت عَيناكَ وَالشَوقُ قائِدُن
لِذي الشَوقِ حَتّى تَستَبينَ المُكَتَّما
2. You weep for the departed neighborhood, and time is devastating,
After the loved ones, seasons have passed.
٢. ظَلِلتَ تُبَكّي الحَيَّ وَالرَبعُ دارِسٌ
وَقَد مَرَّ بَعدَ الحَيِّ حَولٌ تَجَرَّما
3. You imagined the outline of the house when you stood
Upon it, holding back the tears, cold and decisive.
٣. وَشَبَّهتَ رَسمَ الدارِ إِذ أَنتَ واقِفٌ
عَلَيها تَكُفُّ الدَمعَ بُرداً مُسَهَّما