أكْثَرُ ذا الْعَامِ صِرْتُ في سَفَرٍ

أكْثَرُ ذا الْعَامِ صِرْتُ في سَفَرٍ

ومِثْلُ ذا للفُؤادِ قَدْ صَدَعا

ومِثْلُ ذا للفُؤادِ قَدْ صَدَعا

For most of this year I have been traveling,

This year I have traveled more

and such a thing has indeed broken the heart.

And such is hard on the heart and makes it sore

لاَ رَغْبَةً قَدْ رَحَلْتُ عَنْ وَطَني

لاَ رَغْبَةً قَدْ رَحَلْتُ عَنْ وَطَني

لكِنْ أَجَبْتُ الإمامَ حِينَ دَعا

لكِنْ أَجَبْتُ الإمامَ حِينَ دَعا

Not out of desire did I depart from my homeland,

Not out of want did I leave my home

but I answered the Imam when he called.

But to heed the Imam when he called and bade me come

أَحِنُّ شَوْقاً إلى الْحَبِيبِ مَعَ الصِّ

أَحِنُّ شَوْقاً إلى الْحَبِيبِ مَعَ الصِّ

بْيَةِ والأَهْلِ والدّيارِ مَعا

بْيَةِ والأَهْلِ والدّيارِ مَعا

I yearn with longing for the beloved, along with the chil-

I yearn and ache for my love as well

dren, the family, and the homes, all together.

As for family, home, all I held dear and well

يا رَبِّ عَجِّل لَنَا الرُّجوعَ إلى ال

يا رَبِّ عَجِّل لَنَا الرُّجوعَ إلى ال

أَوْطانِ فالقَلْبُ نَحْوَها نَزَعا

أَوْطانِ فالقَلْبُ نَحْوَها نَزَعا

O my Lord, hasten for us the return to the

Oh Lord, hasten our return to native lands

homelands, for the heart has been drawn toward them.

For my heart pulls me back to its sweet strands