1. ما طابَ كَعَيشِنا بحُزوى عَيشُ

    أَيّام ثَرى بابِكُم لي فَرشُ

    No life was as sweet as our life at Huzwa,

    In the days when the soil at your door was my bed.

  2. لَم أَدرِ وَأَوسَعتُ ثراكم لَثماً

    هَل فارق ذا الترابَ ذاكَ النَقشُ

    I did not know, as I lavished kisses upon your soil,

    whether that imprint had left this dust.