تمثلتم لي والديار بعيدةُ

تمثلتم لي والديار بعيدةُ

فخيل لي أن الفؤاد لكم مغنى

فخيل لي أن الفؤاد لكم مغنى

You took shape before me, though the dwellings were far away.

You appeared to me while homes were far,

So it seemed to me that my heart was your dwelling.

So I imagined you as balm for my heart,

وناجاكم قلبي على البعد والنوى

وناجاكم قلبي على البعد والنوى

فأوحشتم لفظاً وآنستم معنى

فأوحشتم لفظاً وآنستم معنى

And my heart communed with you despite distance and separation.

And my heart whispered to you across the distance,

So you brought me loneliness in words, yet solace in meaning.

You saddened in word, yet gladdened in meaning.