حالَ بَينَ الجَفنِ وَالوَسَنِ

حائِلٌ لَو شِئتَ لَم يَكُنِ

Between my eyelids and sleep

An obstacle lies, if only you wished it gone

أَنا وَالأَيّامُ تَقذِفُ بي

بَينَ مُشتاقٍ وَمُفتَتِنِ

I and the days toss me

Between a longing one and an infatuated one

لي فُؤادٌ فيكَ تُنكِرُهُ

أَضلُعي مِن شِدَّةِ الوَهَنِ

I have a heart in you, you deny

My ribs weakened from sadness

وَزَفيرٌ لَو عَلِمتَ بِهِ

خِلتَ نارَ الفُرسِ في بَدَني

And a sigh, if you knew of it

You would set the fire of separation in my body

يا لَقَومي إِنَّني رَجُلٌ

حِرتُ في أَمري وَفي زَمَني

O my people, I am a man

Perplexed in my matter and my time

أَجَفاءً أَشتَكي وَشَقاً

إِنَّ هَذا مُنتَهى المِحَنِ

Complaining of estrangement and hardship

This is the utmost of tribulations

يا هُماماً في الزَمانِ لَهُ

هِمَّةٌ دَقَّت عَنِ الفِطَنِ

O you who aspires in time

With an aspiration that transcends the prudent one

وَفَتىً لَو حَلَّ خاطِرُهُ

في لَيالي الدَهرِ لَم تَخُنِ

And a young man whose thoughts

In the nights of time, do not betray

يا أَميرَ الحَجِّ أَنتَ لَهُ

خَيرُ واقٍ خَيرُ مُؤتَمَنِ

O prince of pilgrimage, you are for it

The best guardian, the best trustee

هَزَّكَ البَيتُ الحَرامُ لَهُ

هِزَّةَ المُشتاقِ لِلوَطَنِ

The Sacred House shook for you

A shaking of longing for homeland

فَرِحَت أَرضُ الحِجازِ بِكُم

فَرحَها بِالهاطِلِ الهَتِنِ

The land of Hijaz rejoiced in you

Its rejoicing in the fine drizzle

وَسَرَت بُشرى القُدومِ لَهُم

بِكَ مِن مِصرٍ إِلى عَدَنِ

And the good news of the arrival came to it

With you from Egypt to Aden