لقد طال ما بيني وبين عشيرتي

لقد طال ما بيني وبين عشيرتي

وطال اغترابي عنهم وتباعدي

وطال اغترابي عنهم وتباعدي

Indeed, the distance between me and my clan has grown long,

Long has been my separation from my tribe,

and long have been my exile from them and my remoteness.

And long has been my estrangement and distance from them.

وإن الليالي أقسمت لا تنام عن

وإن الليالي أقسمت لا تنام عن

فراق ذوي القربى وقرب الأباعد

فراق ذوي القربى وقرب الأباعد

And indeed, the nights have sworn never to rest from

Yet I swear the nights do not sleep,

parting close kin and drawing distant folk near.

Missing the kinship of relatives and nearness of those far.