مَلِلتُ بِصَنعاءَ الأحاديثَ وَالمُنَى

مَلِلتُ بِصَنعاءَ الأحاديثَ وَالمُنَى

وَأَبغَضتُ قَصراً فَوقَ قصرٍ مُشَيَّدَا

وَأَبغَضتُ قَصراً فَوقَ قصرٍ مُشَيَّدَا

In Sana'a I grew weary of talk and hopes,

I am weary of the endless chatter in Sanaa,

And I hated a lofty palace above another palace,

And I hate the palace towering high above all others.

وَأبغضتُ أَصوَاتاُ بها أَعجَمِيَّةً

وَأبغضتُ أَصوَاتاُ بها أَعجَمِيَّةً

وَزُرقاً لراياتِ الإِمارةِ ذُوَّدَا

وَزُرقاً لراياتِ الإِمارةِ ذُوَّدَا

And I hated the foreign voices there,

I hate the strange unintelligible voices in it,

And blue-eyed men guarding the banners of authority,

And the blue flags of the Emirate raised aloft.

وَذاكَ الَّذِى يَدعُو بلَيلٍ صَباحَهُ

وَذاكَ الَّذِى يَدعُو بلَيلٍ صَباحَهُ

كَفَى بالهُمُومِ الطّارقاتِ مُسَهّدَا

كَفَى بالهُمُومِ الطّارقاتِ مُسَهّدَا

And that one who calls for his dawn at night—

And the one who calls out in the night for his morning,

The cares that come by night suffice to keep me sleepless.

The worries knocking are bed enough for him.

فيارَبَّ أَدعوكَ العَشِيَّةَ مُخلِصاً

فيارَبَّ أَدعوكَ العَشِيَّةَ مُخلِصاً

إِلَيكَ مُنيباً تَائِباً مُتَعَبِّدَا

إِلَيكَ مُنيباً تَائِباً مُتَعَبِّدَا

So, O Lord, I call upon You this evening in sincerity,

So O Lord I call on you in the evening sincerely,

Turning to You, repentant and devoted in worship,

Turning to you in repentance, humble and devout.

لتَغفِرَ لي إن كُنتُ أَسرَفتُ أَو رَمَى

لتَغفِرَ لي إن كُنتُ أَسرَفتُ أَو رَمَى

بيَ الجَهلُ مَرمىً غَيرُهُ كانَ أَرشَدَا

بيَ الجَهلُ مَرمىً غَيرُهُ كانَ أَرشَدَا

That You may forgive me if I have transgressed, or been hurled

Forgive me if I have gone too far or if in ignorance,

By ignorance toward a goal when another would have been wiser.

I was led astray, when another path would have been wiser.