إِذا غَدَوتَ عَنِ الأَوطانِ مُرتَحِلاً

فَضاهِ في البَينِ حذفَ الواوُ مَن يَعِدِ

When you leave your homelands as a wanderer

And the separation cuts the string of intimacy

كانَت فَبانَت وَما حَنَّت إِلى وَطَنٍ

وَعادَ غادٍ إِلى وَكرٍ وَلَم تَعُدِ

The homelands will appear and cease to yearn

While the one who left returns to his lair but you do not return

سَعِدَت إِن كُنتَ بَحراً فائِضاً بِجَداً

وَالبَحرُ لَيسَ بِمَحسوبٍ مِنَ السُعُدِ

You will be fortunate if you are an ocean overflowing with generosity

And the ocean is not counted among the fortunate