أَهيل الحَي هَل لاحت بدور

وَهل وافى مَع الصُبح البَشير

Have the loved ones come in sight

And brought the joyful dawn with them?

وَهَل جادَ الزَمان بِجَمع مال

وَحَيا بِالرِضا دَهر غدور

Has time been generous with wealth

And lived content through ages rough?

وَهل تَروى الجَوانِح بِالتَلاقى

وَتُسعِفُني الاِماني وَالجُسور

Do longing souls their thirst now ease

And grant me hope and confidence?

مَتى يَزهى بِطلعتِهِم سُرورى

وَيَشفى مهجَتي ذاكَ السُرور

When will their sight give joy to me

And heal my heart that joy withal?