إِنّي لآمُلُ أَن تَدنو وَإِن بَعُدَت

والشّيءُ يؤمَلُ أَن يَدنو وَإِن بَعُدا

I hope that you will come closer even if you are far away

For a thing is hoped to come closer even if distant

أَبغَضتُ كُلَّ بِلادٍ كُنتُ آلَفُها

فَما أُلائِمُ إِلا أَرضَها بَلَدا

I have hated every country that I was once familiar with

So I blame none but its land as a homeland

يا لَلرِّجالِ لمَقتولٍ بِلا تِرَةٍ

لا يأخُذونَ لَهُ عَقلاً وَلا قَودا

Oh what men, killed without retaliation

They take neither reason nor retribution for him

إِن قَرُبَت لَم يُفِق عَنها وَإِن بَعُدَت

تَقَطَّعَت نَفسُهُ مِن حُبِّها قِدَدا

If she came close, he would not regain consciousness, and if she went far

His soul would be torn apart from love of her

ما تذكرُ الدَهرَ لي سُعدى وإِن نَزَحَت

إِلا تَرَقرَقَ ماءُ العَينِ فاطَّرَدا

Time does not remind me of happiness with you, but if it went away

The tears flowed down my eyes ceaselessly

وَلا قَرَأتُ كِتاباً مِنكِ يَبلُغُني

إِلّا تَنَفَّستُ مِن وَجدٍ بِكُم صُعَدا

And I read no letter from you that reached me

Except I sighed from anguish for you continuously

وَقَد بَدَت ليَ مِن سُعدى مُعاتَبَةٌ

أَمسَى وَأَضحى بِها جَدّي بِكُم سَعِدا

And happiness had shown displeasure with me

I greeted it morning and evening with you, happily

وَلَو أُعاتِبُ ذا حِقدٍ قَتَلتُ لَهُ

نَفساً مُعاتَبَتي إِيّاكِ ما حَقدا

And if I reproach one with hatred, I would have killed

My soul, reproaching you, not with hatred