وفدَ الحجيجُ، وفي الجموعِ قلوبُ

حضرتْ بلا أصحابها، وقلوبُ..

The pilgrims have come, and amid the crowds are hearts

that came without their owners—and hearts...

كنّا نَوينا.. إنّما حال الذي

لا نستطيعُ، وردّنا المكتوبُ

We had intended to go... but there intervened what

we could not avert, and the written decree turned us back.

فعسى يكونُ لنا بعامٍ آخرٍ

من حجِّ بيتَكَ قسمةٌ ونصيبُ

Perhaps, then, in another year we may have

a share and a portion in pilgrimage to Your House.

ياربُّ أحببناكَ، لو حالَ المدى

لبّيكَ عن بُعدٍ، فأنتَ قريبُ..

O Lord, we have loved You; though distance stands between us,

Labbayka—from afar I answer Your call, for You are near...