ذاكَ الحجازُ وهذه كثبانُهُ

ذاكَ الحجازُ وهذه كثبانُهُ

فاِحفظ فؤادَك إِن رَنَت غزلانُهُ

فاِحفظ فؤادَك إِن رَنَت غزلانُهُ

That is the Hijaz, and these are its dunes.

That is Al-Hejaz and its sand dunes

So guard your heart if its gazelles gaze upon you.

So guard your heart if its gazelles cry

واِسفَح دموعَك إِن مررتَ بسفحه

واِسفَح دموعَك إِن مررتَ بسفحه

شغفاً به إِنَّ الدموعَ جمانُهُ

شغفاً به إِنَّ الدموعَ جمانُهُ

And pour out your tears if you pass by its slope,

And let your tears flow if you pass its plains

Out of ardent love for it: tears are its pearls.

Yearning for it, for tears are its gems

وَسلِ المنازلَ عن هوىً قضّيتَه

وَسلِ المنازلَ عن هوىً قضّيتَه

هل عائدٌ ذاكَ الهوى وزمانُهُ

هل عائدٌ ذاكَ الهوى وزمانُهُ

And ask the dwellings about a love you once lived:

Ask the dwellings about a love you once had

Will that love and its time return?

Did that love and its time return?

لَهفي على ذاك الزَمانِ وأَهلهِ

لَهفي على ذاك الزَمانِ وأَهلهِ

وَسَقاهُ من صَوب الحَيا هتّانُهُ

وَسَقاهُ من صَوب الحَيا هتّانُهُ

Alas for that time and its people!

My craving for that time and its people

And may the rain's copious showers water it,

When bonds of union tied us

إِذ كانَ حبلُ الوصل متّصلاً بنا

إِذ كانَ حبلُ الوصل متّصلاً بنا

وَالعيشُ مورقةٌ به أَغصانُهُ

وَالعيشُ مورقةٌ به أَغصانُهُ

When the cord of union was tied to us,

And life was verdant with its branches

And life's branches were leafy then;

When covenants shone with purpose

وإذِ المعاهدُ مشرقاتٌ بالمنى

وإذِ المعاهدُ مشرقاتٌ بالمنى

وَالسفحُ مَغنىً لم يبن سكّانُهُ

وَالسفحُ مَغنىً لم يبن سكّانُهُ

And when the familiar haunts shone with hopes,

And plains echoed though none lived there

And the slope was a dwelling whose inhabitants had not departed.

My blamer! My heart and love plea

يا عاذليَّ دَعا فؤادي والجَوى

يا عاذليَّ دَعا فؤادي والجَوى

لا تعذُلاه فإنَّه دَيدانُهُ

لا تعذُلاه فإنَّه دَيدانُهُ

O my two reproachers, leave my heart and its anguish alone.

Do not blame them, for they are its worms

Do not reproach it, for anguish is its habit.

Have mercy on a lovelorn cast

وارحمتا لمتيَّمٍ قذفَت به

وارحمتا لمتيَّمٍ قذفَت به

أَيدي النوى وَتباعدَت أَوطانُهُ

أَيدي النوى وَتباعدَت أَوطانُهُ

Ah, pity for a man enslaved by love, flung away by

By the hands of separation to distant lands

The hands of separation, while his homelands grew distant.

A breeze blew from Najd increasing

هبَّت له من نحو نجدٍ نسمةٌ

هبَّت له من نحو نجدٍ نسمةٌ

فتزايدَت لهبوبها أَشجانُهُ

فتزايدَت لهبوبها أَشجانُهُ

A breeze blew toward him from the direction of Najd,

Its ardour, igniting his sorrows

So its blowing increased his sorrows.

He wakes and sleeps to heartache

يُمسي وَيُصبحُ بالفراق موجَّعاً

يُمسي وَيُصبحُ بالفراق موجَّعاً

تَبكي عليه من الضَنى أَخدانُهُ

تَبكي عليه من الضَنى أَخدانُهُ

He passes evening and morning aching from separation;

His two cheek tear ducts crying for him

His companions weep for him because of his wasting sickness.

When reminded of his Hejazi days

ما إِن تذكَّر بالحجاز زمانَهُ

ما إِن تذكَّر بالحجاز زمانَهُ

إلّا وشبَّت في الحشا نيرانُهُ

إلّا وشبَّت في الحشا نيرانُهُ

Never does he recall his time in the Hijaz

Fires sparked amidst the brushwood

Without his fires flaring up within his breast.

He quenched Al-Hejaz and the beloved land

فسَقى الحجازَ ومن بذيّاكَ الحِمى

فسَقى الحجازَ ومن بذيّاكَ الحِمى

صوبُ المدامع هاطِلاً هملانُهُ

صوبُ المدامع هاطِلاً هملانُهُ

So may the Hijaz, and those within that sanctuary, be watered

With copious tears pouring forth

By a downpour of tears, flowing in torrents.

The weeping eye sheds limitless tears

لا كفَّ للدَمع الهتون تَقاطرٌ

لا كفَّ للدَمع الهتون تَقاطرٌ

بعد الحجاز ولا رَقت أَجفانُهُ

بعد الحجاز ولا رَقت أَجفانُهُ

May streaming tears never cease to fall

After Al-Hejaz, no solace for his lids

After leaving the Hijaz, nor may his eyelids dry.