أيّامَنا بالحِمى ما كانَ أحْلاكِ
كم بِتُّ أرعاهُ إجْلالاً وأرْعاكِ
Our days when you were present were the sweetest
How much did I revere and hold you dear
لا تُنْكِري وَقْفَتِي ذُلّاً بِمَغْناكِ
يا دارُ لولا أحِبّائي ولولاكِ
Do not deny my standing humbly at your dwelling
Oh home, if not for my loved ones and you
لَما وَقَفْتُ وُقوفَ الهائِمِ الباكِي
أحبابَ أنْفُسِنا كَمْ ذا النَّوى وكَمِ
I would not have stood like a lost weeping wanderer
How many dear souls have departed, how many
ويا مَعاهِدَ نَجْوانا بِذِي سَلَمِ
تاللهِ ماشُبْتُ دَمْعي للأسى بِدَمِ
Oh sanctuary where we found peace
By God, I did not choke back my tears in sorrow
ولا لَثَمْتُ تُرابَ الأرْضِ مِنْ كَرَمِ
إلا مُراعاةَ خِلٍّ باتَ يَرْعاكِ
Nor kiss the dust of the ground out of dignity
Except to indulge a companion now gone from you
هَلْ مِنْهُمُ ليَ عَطْفٌ بَعْدَ دَلِّهِمُ
آهاً لِقَلْبي عَلى تَبْدِيْدِ شَملِهِمُ
Is there still kindness in them after their affection?
Alas for my heart at their scattered state
تاللهِ ما تسمحُ الدُّنيا بِمِثْلِهِمُ
ما كانَ أحْلاكِ يا أيَّامَ وَصْلِهِمُ
By God, the world cannot allow the like of them
You were the sweetest, oh days of their company
ويالَيالي الرِّضا ما كانَ أضْواكِ
يا بدرَ تِمٍّ تَجافَتْ عَنْهُ أرْبُعُنا
And nights of contentment, how luminous you were
Oh full moon, we turned away and abandoned you
وَلم يَزَلْ تَحْتَوِيهِ الدَّهْرَ أضْلُعُنا
ما لِلنَّوى بضُروبِ الوَجْدِ تُوجِعُنا
Yet our hearts still shelter you
Why does the thought of those times still torment us?
إذا ذَكَرْتُ زَماناً كانَ يَجْمَعُنا
تَفَطَّرتْ كَبدِي شَوْقاً لِمَرآكِ
When I recall a time that brought us together
My liver is torn with yearning to see you
لعلَّ رَوْحَ الرِّضا يَدْنُو بِهِمْ وعَسى
فَيُثْبِتُ القُرْبُ ما بالبُعْدِ قدْ دَرَسا
Perhaps the spirit of acceptance will draw near them
And nearness will establish what distance erased
كَمْ ذا أُنادِي وأشْدوا الأرْبُعَ الدُّرُسا
ياقَلبِيَ الصَّبَّ أيْنَ الصَّبْرُ عادَ أسى
How much I call out and sing of the brilliant four!
Oh my steadfast heart, where has endurance gone? Only sorrow remains
ويا منازلَ سَلْمى أيْنَ سَلْماكِ
Oh dwellings of Salma, where is your peace?
