1. لِمْ يكونَ النَّوحُ ياوُرْ

    قا ومَحْبُوبَكِ حاضِرْ

    Why should there be mourning, O dove,

    when your beloved is here?

  2. وكَذَا فَرْخَاكش في الْعُ

    شِّ هُمَا قُرَّبُ باصِرْ

    And your two chicks, too, are in the nest,

    both close by, within sight.

  3. وأنا مِنْ دُونِ أحْبا

    بِي وأفْراخِي قُراقِرْ

    While I, far from my loved ones

    and my chicks, coo plaintively.

  4. رَبِّ بَلّغْنِي إلَيْهِمْ

    سالِماً مِمّا أحاذِرْ

    My Lord, bring me to them,

    safe from what I fear.