1. عَسى مِن دِيارِ الظاعِنينَ بَشيرُ

    وَمِن جَورِ أَيّامِ الفِراقِ مُجيرُ

    May a bearer of good tidings come from the homes of those who departed,

    and a protector from the tyranny of the days of separation.

  2. لَقَد عيلَ صَبري بَعدَهُم وَتَكاثَرَت

    هُمومي ولَكِنَّ المُحِبَّ صَبورُ

    My patience is indeed spent since they left, and ever mounting

    are my cares; yet the lover is patient.

  3. وَكَم بَينَ أَكنافِ الثُغورِ مُتَيَّمٌ

    كَئيبٌ غَزَتهُ أَعيُنٌ وَثُغورُ

    And how many a lovesick man amid the frontier towns,

    sorrowful, has been assailed by eyes and mouths!

  4. سَقى اللَهُ مِن سَطرا وَمقرا مَنازِلاً

    بِها لِلنَدامى نَظرَةٌ وَسُرورُ

    May God water dwellings in Satra and Maqra,

    where boon companions gaze and rejoice.

  5. وَلازالَ ظِلُّ النَيرَبَينِ فَإِنَّهُ

    طَويلٌ وَعَيشُ المَرءِ فِيهِ قَصيرُ

    And may the shade of the two Nayrabs endure, for it is

    long, while one's life within it is short.

  6. فَيا بَرَدى لا زالَ ماؤُكِ بارِداً

    عَسى شَبمٌ مِن حافَّتَيكِ نَميرُ

    So, O Barada, may your water ever remain cold;

    may cold water from your two banks be pure and sweet.

  7. أَبى العَيشَ إِلّا بَينَ أَكنافِ جُلَّقٍ

    وَقَد لاحَ فيها نَضرَةٌ وَسُرورُ

    He refused to live anywhere but in the environs of Jullaq,

    and freshness and joy have shone forth there.

  8. وَكَم بِحِمى جيرونَ سِربُ جَآذِرٍ

    حَبائِلُهُنَّ المالُ وَهِيَ نَفورُ

    And how many a herd of young oryx in Jayrun's precincts!

    Money is what snares them, though they are skittish.

  9. وَلَكِن سَأَحويهِ إِذا كُنتُ قاصِداً

    إِلى بَلَدٍ فيهِ الصَلاحُ أَميرُ

    Yet I shall obtain it when I am bound

    for a land where al-Salah is emir.