أكْثَرُ ذا الْعَامِ صِرْتُ في سَفَرٍ

ومِثْلُ ذا للفُؤادِ قَدْ صَدَعا

This year I have traveled more

And such is hard on the heart and makes it sore

لاَ رَغْبَةً قَدْ رَحَلْتُ عَنْ وَطَني

لكِنْ أَجَبْتُ الإمامَ حِينَ دَعا

Not out of want did I leave my home

But to heed the Imam when he called and bade me come

أَحِنُّ شَوْقاً إلى الْحَبِيبِ مَعَ الصِّ

بْيَةِ والأَهْلِ والدّيارِ مَعا

I yearn and ache for my love as well

As for family, home, all I held dear and well

يا رَبِّ عَجِّل لَنَا الرُّجوعَ إلى ال

أَوْطانِ فالقَلْبُ نَحْوَها نَزَعا

Oh Lord, hasten our return to native lands

For my heart pulls me back to its sweet strands