يَا مَنْ نَأَى عَنِّي وَكَانَ مُرَادِي

أَتَرَكْتَنِي أَحْيا جَرِيحَ فؤادِي

O you who left me though I wanted you,

Did you leave me living with a wounded heart?

إِنْ غِبْتَ وَا وَلَدَاهُ عَنْ عَيْنِي فَمَنْ

زَيْنُ الشَّبابِ وَمَنْ ضَيَاءُ النَّادِي

If you are absent, oh my boy, from my eyes, then who

Is the adornment of youth and the light of my friends?

وَلمِنْ عَنَائِي زَارِعاً أَوْ صَانِعاً

أَوْ شَائِداً صِرْحاً رِفِيعَ عِمَادِ

And for whom have I planted or built

Or erected a lofty palace with pillars?

أَوْ مُحْرِزاً جَاهاً عَرِيضاً قَلَّمَا

سَمَحَتْ بِهِ الأيَّامُ لِلافْرَادِ

Or gained abundant glory which seldom

Have days allowed for individuals?

قَدْ كُنْتُ أَذْخُرُ كُلَّ ذلِكَ لِلَّذي

سَيَكُونُ منْ نَسْلي عَمِيدُ بِلاَدِي

I used to hoard all that for him

Who will be the chief of my descendants

وَيَكُونُ أَوَّلُ مَنْ يُلِبِّي إِنْ دَعَا

دَاعِي الْعُلَى فِي الْفِتْيَةِ الامْجَادِ

And will be the first to respond when

The Supreme Caller calls the excellent youths.

سَتَظَلُّ يَا وَلَدَاهُ مِلْءَ حُشَاشَتي

مَهْمَا أَعشْ وَتَظَلُّ نُورَ سَوَادِي

You will remain, my boy, filling my mind,

As long as I live, and you will remain the light of my gloom,

بِتْ فِي النَّعِيمِ قَرِيرَ عَيْنٍ خالِداً

وَعَداكَ تَبْريحِي وَطُولِ سُهَادِي

Stay in bliss, delight of my eye, immortal,

Other than you, my wakefulness is prolonged.