راحَت بِهِ العِيس عَن أَرض بِها شجن

راحَت بِهِ العِيس عَن أَرض بِها شجن

يَؤُمّ داراً بِه فيها لَه سَكَنُ

يَؤُمّ داراً بِه فيها لَه سَكَنُ

The pale camels bore him away from a land of sorrow.

The doves departed from a land filled with yearning

With that sorrow, he seeks a dwelling where he has solace.

Seeking refuge in a home where it could settle

حَتى إِذا وَطنٌ ناداهُ عَن وَطَن

حَتى إِذا وَطنٌ ناداهُ عَن وَطَن

وَقَلبه بهما صَبٌّ وَمُرتَهَنُ

وَقَلبه بهما صَبٌّ وَمُرتَهَنُ

Until, when one homeland called him away from another,

Until another homeland called it from its home

And his heart was enamored of both and held in pledge,

And its heart was torn, pledged to both places

أَضحى من الفُرقَةِ الأولى عَلى ثِقَة

أَضحى من الفُرقَةِ الأولى عَلى ثِقَة

وَحالَ عَن سنَن الأُخرى بِه سَنَنُ

وَحالَ عَن سنَن الأُخرى بِه سَنَنُ

He became certain of the first parting,

It woke from the first separation with confidence

And a path turned him aside from the course of the other.

And turned from the ways of the other, content

فَلا أقام عَلى عَين وَلا أَثَر

فَلا أقام عَلى عَين وَلا أَثَر

وَلا من الوطنَين اختاره وَطنُ

وَلا من الوطنَين اختاره وَطنُ

So he stayed by neither a visible presence nor a trace,

So it did not settle on a spring or trace

Nor did either of the two homelands choose him.

And neither of the two homelands did it choose as home