أيَا مَنْ تغرّب بعد البلَى

أيَا مَنْ تغرّب بعد البلَى

مصابُك أَبكى فؤادِي وعَيْني

مصابُك أَبكى فؤادِي وعَيْني

O you who went into exile after decay,

O you who became estranged after intimacy

Your calamity made my heart and my eye weep.

Your affliction made my heart and my eyes weep

ويومُك يومانِ لا واحدٌ

ويومُك يومانِ لا واحدٌ

بَنُوكَ به شَرِبُوا غُصَّتَينِ

بَنُوكَ به شَرِبُوا غُصَّتَينِ

And your day is two days, not one;

Your day is two days, not one

Your sons drank two choking draughts on that day.

Your sons on it drank two bitter cups

وربُّك إِذْ صَبَروا للأَسى

وربُّك إِذْ صَبَروا للأَسى

سيؤتيهمُ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ

سيؤتيهمُ أَجْرَهُمْ مَرَّتَيْنِ

And your Lord, since they were patient in the face of grief,

And your Lord, when they were patient with grief

Will grant them their reward twice.

Will give them their reward twice over