1. لَعَمرُكَ إِنَّني لَأُحِبُّ داراً

    تَحلُّ بِها سَكينَةُ وَالرَبابُ

    By your life, I do indeed love a house

    Where Sakina and al-Rabab dwell.

  2. أُحِبُّهُما وَأَبذُلُ جُلَّ مالي

    وَلَيسَ بِلائِمي فيها عِتابُ

    I love them both and freely give most of my wealth,

    And no reproach concerning it censures me.

  3. وَلَستُ لَهُم وَإِن عَتِبوا مُطيعاً

    حَياتي أَو يُغَيِّبني التُرابُ

    And I will not obey them, even if they reproach me,

    Throughout my life, until the dust conceals me.