تمثلتم لي والديار بعيدةُ

فخيل لي أن الفؤاد لكم مغنى

You appeared to me while homes were far,

So I imagined you as balm for my heart,

وناجاكم قلبي على البعد والنوى

فأوحشتم لفظاً وآنستم معنى

And my heart whispered to you across the distance,

You saddened in word, yet gladdened in meaning.