1. O you who mourns, what do you say?
We both ask and are asked.
١. أيُّها النَّاعِبُ مَاذَا تَقُولُ
فَكِلاَنا سَائِلٌ وَمَسُولُ
2. May Allah not let you live a moment
When you slept in fear then awoke weary.
٢. لا كَسَاكَ اللَّهُ ما عِشتَ رِيشَاً
وَبِخَوفٍ بِتَّ ثُمَّ تقِيلُ
3. Then you did not rest in a nest as a bird
Except upon you is evidence.
٣. ثُمَّ لا أَنقَفتَ في العُشِّ فَرخَاً
أَبَداً إِلاَّ عَلَيكَ دَلِيل
4. When you inform that India is near,
Reaching needs for which the messenger.
٤. حِينَ تُنبِي أَنَّ هِنداً قَرِيبٌ
يَبلُغُ الحَاجَاتِ مِنها الرَّسُولُ
5. And you came from India and told of it
That the covenant of love will soon fade.
٥. وَنَأَت هِندٌ فَخَبَّرتَ عَنها
أَنَّ عَهدَ الوُدِّ سَوفَ يَزُولُ