1. أَشاقَكَ عالِجٌ فَإِلى الكَثيبِ

    إِلى الداراتِ مِن هِضَبِ القَليبِ

    Has ʿĀlij stirred your longing, and the land onward to al-Kathīb,

    to al-Dārāt among the hills of al-Qalīb?

  2. إِذا حَلَّت بِمِصرَ وَحَلَّ أَهلي

    بِيَثرِبَ بَينَ آطامٍ وَلوبِ

    When she dwells in Egypt, while my people dwell

    in Yathrib, among fortresses and lava fields,

  3. مُجاوِرَةً بِمَسكِنِها نَحيباً

    وَما هِيَ حينَ تُسأَلُ مِن مُجيبِ

    with lamentation as her neighbor in her dwelling,

    yet she gives no answer when questioned.

  4. وَأَهوى الأَرضِ عِندي حَيثُ حَلَّت

    بِجَدبٍ في المَنازِلِ أَو خَصيبِ

    And the land dearest to me is wherever she dwells,

    whether its dwelling places are barren or fertile.