نَظَري إِلَيهم والرِّكابُ تُساقُ

وَجدٌ تَنِمُّ بِسِرِّهِ الآماقُ

My gaze upon them as the riders are led,

Yearning secretly grows in my heart's depths.

وَتَنفُّسي والعِيسُ تَرفُلُ في البُرَى

حادٍ على آثارِها سَوَّاقُ

My breath as the fawn frolics on the meadow,

Pursuing her footprints a passionate hunter.

وَتَلفُّتي نَحوَ الظُّعونِ صَبابَةً

وَوَداعُ حُسنِ مِنهُمُ وَعِناقُ

My glance to the slender branches turns vivacious,

Farewelling their beauty and embrace.

يا جِيرَةَ العَلَمَينِ من أَرضِ الحِمَى

حَيثُ النَّسيمُ بِنَشرِهِم خَفَّاقُ

O vicinity of the two holy precincts, from the land of sanctuary

Where the breeze stirs with them swift and fluttering.

حَيثُ القُلوبُ أَسِيرَةٌ وَدُموعُنا

في إِثرِها أَبَداً لَها إِطلاقُ

Where hearts are captives and our tears

Will forever freely flow after them.

هَل لَيلَةٌ مِنكُم تَعودُ فَذِكرُهَا

عِندي لَهُ الدَّمعُ الَمصونُ يُراقُ

Is there a night among you that will return? For its memory’s sake

My guarded tears flow copiously for it.

وَتَضُمُّنا بَعدَ التَّباعُدِ والنَّوَى

دارٌ لَها بِجَمالكِمُ إشراقُ

And gathering us after the separation and distance,

A house illuminated for it by your beauty.

حَتَّى أَبثَّكُمُ الغَرامَ وَما حَوَى

قَلبي وما صَنَعت بِهِ الأشواقُ

Until I confessed to you my passion and what

My heart bore and what longings crafted.

وأقولَ للدَّهرِ الُمفَرِّقِ بَينَنا

لَم يَبقَ بَعدَ الاجتِماعِ فرَاقُ

And I say to fate that separated us,

After reunion shall no parting remain.