سَأَرحَلُ عَنكُم لا جَواداً بِعَبرَةٍ

سَأَرحَلُ عَنكُم لا جَواداً بِعَبرَةٍ

وَأُصبِحُ عَنكُم سالِياً فارِغَ الذِكرِ

وَأُصبِحُ عَنكُم سالِياً فارِغَ الذِكرِ

I shall leave you, sparing of tears,

I will leave you with no farewell or tears

And wake forgetful of you, empty of remembrance.

And forget you as though you never existed

وَأَركَبُ ظَهرَ الأَرضِ أَو بَطنَ لُجَّةٍ

وَأَركَبُ ظَهرَ الأَرضِ أَو بَطنَ لُجَّةٍ

مُهَملَجَةٍ لَتَشتَكي خَبَبَ السَفرِ

مُهَملَجَةٍ لَتَشتَكي خَبَبَ السَفرِ

And ride the earth’s back, or the belly of a deep sea,

I will ride the back of the earth or the belly of the sea

Smoothly ambling, it surely complains of travel’s trot.

Complaining of the hardship of travel

إِذا اِضطَرَبَت تَحتَ الرِياحِ رَأَيتَها

إِذا اِضطَرَبَت تَحتَ الرِياحِ رَأَيتَها

كَأَحشاءِ مَنحوتِ الفُؤادِ مِنَ الذُعرِ

كَأَحشاءِ مَنحوتِ الفُؤادِ مِنَ الذُعرِ

When it heaves beneath the winds, you see it

When stirred by the winds you will see it

Like the entrails of one whose heart is hollowed out by terror.

Like the quaking entrails of one in terror

يُريكَ بِعَذبِ الماءِ صَفوَ تُرابِها

يُريكَ بِعَذبِ الماءِ صَفوَ تُرابِها

وَيُعطيكَ سُرَّ الأَرضِ وَالأَرضُ لا تَدري

وَيُعطيكَ سُرَّ الأَرضِ وَالأَرضُ لا تَدري

It shows you, through fresh water, the purest of its soil,

It will show you the purity of its soil in fresh water

And gives you the earth’s essence, while the earth is unaware.

And reveal the secret of the earth, unknown to the earth itself