بطيبة ربع للمعالي ومشهد

إليه إشتياقي كل حين يجدّد

In Taybah is an abode of lofty virtues and a shrine;

my yearning for it is renewed at every moment.

ألا هل كئيبٌ شفّه البين والأسى

أساعده فيما شجاه ويسعد

Ah, is there a grieving soul whom parting and sorrow have wasted,

whom I may console in his sorrow, and who may console me?

ففي القلب نارٌ الفح وقد وضرامها

بأفلاذ أكبادي تشَبّ وتوقَدُ

For in the heart is a fire, scorching in its heat and blaze,

kindled and set aflame with fragments of my livers,

على بعد هاتيك الديار وشحطها

ودهر على ما رمته ليس ينجد

over the remoteness of those lands and their great distance,

and an age that offers no help in what I seek.

مضى جلّ عمري في البعاد وفي النوى

فهل عطفة يدنى بها اليوم مبعَدُ

Most of my life has passed in distance and separation;

is there, then, some kindness to draw one kept afar near today?

فوا اسفى قد ذبت شوقاً وحسرة

يقرب غيري للحبيب وأبعد

Alas, my grief! I have melted away with longing and anguish;

another is brought near the beloved, while I am kept away.

وفي كل عام عزمة نحو أرضهم

ولكنها الأقدار تدنى وتبعد

And every year comes a resolve to head toward their land,

yet fate's decrees bring near and send far away.

تراني اشتياقي للحبيب وقبره

ودمعي وأجفاني بذلك يشهد

You see me in my longing for the beloved and his grave;

and my tears and eyelids bear witness to that.

أحاول أن أدنو فيبعدني القضا

فدمعي مسفوح وقلبي مكمد

I try to draw near, but destiny keeps me away;

so my tears pour forth, and my heart is grief-stricken.

متى تسمح الأيام يوما بزورة

فينجح لي فيما أؤمل مقصد

When will the days grant me a visit someday,

so that a goal I hope for may be fulfilled for me?

سقَت غاديات المزن ترب معالم

بها كان للأحباب رسم ومعهد

May the rainclouds' morning showers water the soil of landmarks

where the loved ones once had a trace and a familiar haunt;

وحيّا على نأى الديار يثرب

ثرى حلّه خير الأنام محمد

and may they greet Yathrib, despite the distance of the lands—

the soil where Muhammad, the best of creation, dwelt.