راحَت بِهِ العِيس عَن أَرض بِها شجن

يَؤُمّ داراً بِه فيها لَه سَكَنُ

The doves departed from a land filled with yearning

Seeking refuge in a home where it could settle

حَتى إِذا وَطنٌ ناداهُ عَن وَطَن

وَقَلبه بهما صَبٌّ وَمُرتَهَنُ

Until another homeland called it from its home

And its heart was torn, pledged to both places

أَضحى من الفُرقَةِ الأولى عَلى ثِقَة

وَحالَ عَن سنَن الأُخرى بِه سَنَنُ

It woke from the first separation with confidence

And turned from the ways of the other, content

فَلا أقام عَلى عَين وَلا أَثَر

وَلا من الوطنَين اختاره وَطنُ

So it did not settle on a spring or trace

And neither of the two homelands did it choose as home