إِنّا إِلى اللهِ مِن حاجات أنفُسِنا

وَمِن تَذَكُّرِنا مالا يُواتِينا

Our souls have needs that reach to God alone

And in remembering Him find no repose.

طِلابُنا وَحشَ أَرضٍ وَهىَ تُبعِدُنا

وَتَركُنَا وَحشَ أَرضٍ وَهىَ تُدنِينَا

Our quest led us to distant, barren lands

That but estranged us from our cherished goals-

وَتَركُنَا المَاء مَبذُولاً شَرَائِعُهُ

وَوِدُنا حَوضَ حِسىِ مَن يُحلّينَا

Lands that run with the water we craved to drink,

Yet keep us thirsty still for what consoles.