قلقلْ ركابكَ في الفلا

قلقلْ ركابكَ في الفلا

ودع الغوانىَ للقصورِ

ودع الغوانىَ للقصورِ

Set your mounts moving in the wilderness,

Rouse your steed in empty plains,

And leave the beauties to the palaces.

Leave the fair ladies in their castles.

فمحالفو أوطانهم

فمحالفو أوطانهم

أمثالُ سُكّان القبورِ

أمثالُ سُكّان القبورِ

For those bound to their homelands

Those who forsake their native lands,

Are like the dwellers of graves.

Are like graveyard denizens.

لولا التغربُّ ما ارتقَى

لولا التغربُّ ما ارتقَى

دُرّ البحورِ إلى النحورِ

دُرّ البحورِ إلى النحورِ

Were it not for leaving home, there would be no ascent

Without being far from home, pearls

Of the seas’ pearls to necks.

Would not ascend up to crown's height.