1. A respite from my heart's sorrows you have been,
Yet I care not for the flowers of your garden.
١. بَلَنسِيَةً بَيني عَنِ القَلبِ سُلوَةً
فَإِنَّكِ رَوضٌ لا أَحِنُّ لِزَهرِكِ
2. How can a man love a home torn asunder
By twin blades of hunger and pagan strife?
٢. وَكَيفَ يُحِبُّ المَرءُ داراً تَقَسَّمَت
عَلى صارِمَي جُوعٍ وَفِتنَةِ مُشرِكِ