يا دار غيرك البلى وتحكمت

فيك الخطوب ومحت الآثارا

O home, other than you is destruction, and tribulations took control over you.

In you the misfortunes erased the traces.

أصبحت تعرفك القلوب توهما

ويصد عنك الأعين الإنكارا

The hearts came to recognize you only as an illusion,

And denial turned its eyes away from you.

لم يبق منك الدهر رسما مائلا

ينبي بأن هناك كانت دار

Time did not leave any leaning trace of you,

That would indicate that there was once a home here.

لهفي على الزمن القصير قطعته

بك إن أيام السرور قصار

I grieve for the short lifetime I spent with you.

If only the days of joy had been longer!

لم يبق منه سوى جوى متسعر

في القلب يذكي ناره التذكار

Nothing remains of it but a blazing yearning

In the heart, kindled by remembrance into flame.