يا سعد بلغ إن وصلت إليهمو

يا سعد بلغ إن وصلت إليهمو

منى التحية والسلام عليهمو

منى التحية والسلام عليهمو

O Sa'd, if you reach them, convey

O Saad, if you reach them

My greetings, and peace be upon them.

Convey my greetings and peace to them

واخلع اذا قاربت وادى حيهم

واخلع اذا قاربت وادى حيهم

نعليك واستوعب فؤادك فيهمو

نعليك واستوعب فؤادك فيهمو

And take off, when you near the valley of their dwelling,

And take off your shoes when you approach their valley

Your sandals, and devote your whole heart to them.

And let your heart be immersed in them

واخفض جناح الذل منك لعزهم

واخفض جناح الذل منك لعزهم

ان الذليل هو العزيز لديهمو

ان الذليل هو العزيز لديهمو

And lower your wing of humility before their glory;

And lower the wing of humiliation from you for their dignity

Indeed, the lowly one is the honored one in their presence.

For the humiliated is the honoured with them

واسحب ذيول الحزن واقرع وجنتى

واسحب ذيول الحزن واقرع وجنتى

خديك بالدمع الذى يرضيهمو

خديك بالدمع الذى يرضيهمو

And trail sorrow's hems, and strike the cheekbones

And drag the tails of sorrow and knock your cheeks

Of your cheeks with the tears that please them.

With the tears that please them

وخذ الامان الى من أهل الحمى

وخذ الامان الى من أهل الحمى

فأنا الذى أبعدت عنهم منهمو

فأنا الذى أبعدت عنهم منهمو

And obtain safe-conduct for me from the people of the sanctuary,

And take safety to those of zeal

For I am the one they have cast out from among them.

For I am the one who has been distanced from them

ان كان عظم الذنب عنهم مبعدى

ان كان عظم الذنب عنهم مبعدى

يا سعد فالغفران منهم أعظم

يا سعد فالغفران منهم أعظم

If the enormity of my sin keeps me far from them,

If the sin against them that distances me is great

O Sa'd, then their forgiveness is greater.

O Saad, then forgiveness from them is greater

انى وحقهم على العهد الذى

انى وحقهم على العهد الذى

أرويه عن شوقى ويروى عنهمو

أرويه عن شوقى ويروى عنهمو

Indeed, by their sacred right, I hold to the pledge that

I, by their right upon the covenant

I recount from my longing, and that is recounted from them.

That I narrate from my passion, and it narrates from them

هم أهل ودى هم سويدا مهجتى

هم أهل ودى هم سويدا مهجتى

هم غايتى القصوى اليّ وهم همو

هم غايتى القصوى اليّ وهم همو

They are those I love; they are the dark core of my heart.

They are the people of my love, they are the delight of my soul

They are my ultimate goal; to me, they are who they are.

They are my ultimate goal to which I return

يا سعد لا أسطيع تفصيلا لما

يا سعد لا أسطيع تفصيلا لما

كابدت من شوق اليهم يعظم

كابدت من شوق اليهم يعظم

O Sa'd, I cannot give a full account of what

O Saad, I cannot detail what

I have endured of longing for them—a longing that grows.

I have endured from yearning for them, so great

فقصار مثلى علمه من أنهم

فقصار مثلى علمه من أنهم

أهل الوفا فلعلهم وعسى همو

أهل الوفا فلعلهم وعسى همو

The utmost one like me knows is that they

So my example knows that they

Are people of fidelity—so perhaps they will, and may they...

Are people of loyalty, so perhaps they will be

فعلىّ أن وفقت منهم للوفا

فعلىّ أن وفقت منهم للوفا

أوفى لهم وبفضلهم لى يرحموا

أوفى لهم وبفضلهم لى يرحموا

So I must, if through them I am enabled to keep faith,

So it is upon me, if I attain loyalty from them

Keep faith with them; and by their grace toward me, may they show mercy.

To be more loyal to them, and by their favour, may they have mercy

يا سعد كم من نعمة فى نعمة

يا سعد كم من نعمة فى نعمة

تترى عليّ وكم أتتنى أنعم

تترى عليّ وكم أتتنى أنعم

O Sa'd, how many blessings within blessings

O Saad, how many blessings upon blessings

Come upon me in succession, and how many favors have reached me!

Have descended upon me, and how many gifts have come to me

وأنا الذى أعشيت عن ذكر لهم

وأنا الذى أعشيت عن ذكر لهم

ولهوت عنهم بالذى يغضبهمو

ولهوت عنهم بالذى يغضبهمو

Yet I am the one who grew blind to remembrance of them,

While I am the one who has neglected to remember them

And was distracted from them by what angers them.

And was distracted from them by that which angers them

ورفلت فى حلل المآثم حقبة

ورفلت فى حلل المآثم حقبة

فالويل لى غب المآثم ماثم

فالويل لى غب المآثم ماثم

And strutted in the robes of sin for a time;

And I revelled in the garments of sin for a period

So woe to me: after sins come more sins.

So woe to me, the garments of sin are shameful

أكرم بهم من جيرة كم قابلوا

أكرم بهم من جيرة كم قابلوا

أهل الاساءة بالتى هي أكرم

أهل الاساءة بالتى هي أكرم

How noble they are as neighbors! How often they have met

How honoured I have been by them, from a neighbour

Wrongdoers with a more gracious response.

Who met evil with the best

أسفى على زمنى الذى أنفقته

أسفى على زمنى الذى أنفقته

فى غير ربح والبطالة أشأم

فى غير ربح والبطالة أشأم

How I regret the time I spent

I regret my time which I spent

Without gain—and idleness is most ill-omened.

In other than profit, and idleness is most ominous

فاليوم أحصد ما زرعت من الجفا

فاليوم أحصد ما زرعت من الجفا

فى حقهم ندما ومثلى يندم

فى حقهم ندما ومثلى يندم

So today I reap what I sowed of coldness

So today I reap what I have sown of estrangement

Toward them: remorse—and one like me regrets.

In their regard, in regret, and the likes of me regrets