أيُّها النَّاعِبُ مَاذَا تَقُولُ

فَكِلاَنا سَائِلٌ وَمَسُولُ

O you who mourns, what do you say?

We both ask and are asked.

لا كَسَاكَ اللَّهُ ما عِشتَ رِيشَاً

وَبِخَوفٍ بِتَّ ثُمَّ تقِيلُ

May Allah not let you live a moment

When you slept in fear then awoke weary.

ثُمَّ لا أَنقَفتَ في العُشِّ فَرخَاً

أَبَداً إِلاَّ عَلَيكَ دَلِيل

Then you did not rest in a nest as a bird

Except upon you is evidence.

حِينَ تُنبِي أَنَّ هِنداً قَرِيبٌ

يَبلُغُ الحَاجَاتِ مِنها الرَّسُولُ

When you inform that India is near,

Reaching needs for which the messenger.

وَنَأَت هِندٌ فَخَبَّرتَ عَنها

أَنَّ عَهدَ الوُدِّ سَوفَ يَزُولُ

And you came from India and told of it

That the covenant of love will soon fade.