يا غريبَ الدَّارِ إنَّ

الدُّرَّ أعلاهُ غريبُهْ

O stranger in the land, though

Far from home the pearl is strange.

إن تكن غبتَ فإنَّ

البدرُ قد طالَ مغيبهْ

If you've been gone for long,

The moon has missed its range.

فاطوِ أيامكَ وارجعْ

يبرئُ القلبَ طبيبهْ

Pass your days, then turn back home,

Where your heart is healed and whole.

إنما حظُّ الفتى من

هذهِ الدنيا حبيبهْ

All a man can claim of life

Is the love that fills his soul.

قد شطرنا الدهرَ لي ما

مرَّ ولكنت لكَ طيبهْ

Though fate's dealt so much to me,

My days with you were fair and bright.

ونصيبُ المرءِ مما

قدَّرَ اللهُ يُصيبهْ

What God has willed for each man,

He shall have, as is his right.