وَمُستَوحِشٍ لَم يُمسِ في دارِ غُربَةٍ

وَمُستَوحِشٍ لَم يُمسِ في دارِ غُربَةٍ

وَلَكِنَّهُ مِمَّن يَوَدُّ غَريبُ

وَلَكِنَّهُ مِمَّن يَوَدُّ غَريبُ

And many a lonely man has not spent the evening in a foreign land,

Lonely and untouched in the abode of estrangement

Yet he is a stranger to those he loves.

Yet he is of those who yearn, a stranger

إِذا رامَ كِتمانَ الهَوى نَمَّ دَمعُهُ

إِذا رامَ كِتمانَ الهَوى نَمَّ دَمعُهُ

فَآهٍ لِمَحزونٍ جَفاهُ طَبيبُ

فَآهٍ لِمَحزونٍ جَفاهُ طَبيبُ

When he seeks to conceal his love, his tears betray him.

When he tries to conceal his love, his tears flow

Ah, then, for a grieving man whom a healer has forsaken!

Alas for the sorrowful one, abandoned by his healer

أَلا أَيُّها البَيتُ الَّذي لا أَزورُهُ

أَلا أَيُّها البَيتُ الَّذي لا أَزورُهُ

وَهُجرانُهُ مِنّي إِلَيكِ ذُنوبُ

وَهُجرانُهُ مِنّي إِلَيكِ ذُنوبُ

Ah, O house that I do not visit,

O home that I do not visit

And my forsaking it amounts to sins against you.

To avoid you is my sin against you

هَجَرتُكِ مُشتاقاً وَزُرتُكِ خائِفاً

هَجَرتُكِ مُشتاقاً وَزُرتُكِ خائِفاً

وَمِنّي عَلَيَّ الدَهرَ فيكِ رَقيبُ

وَمِنّي عَلَيَّ الدَهرَ فيكِ رَقيبُ

I forsook you in longing and visited you in fear,

I left you longing and visited fearing

And a watcher from within me forever keeps watch on me concerning you.

And against me time remains your watcher in you

سَلامٌ عَلى الدارِ الَّتي لا أَزورُها

سَلامٌ عَلى الدارِ الَّتي لا أَزورُها

وَإِن حَلَّها شَخصٌ إِلَيَّ حَبيبُ

وَإِن حَلَّها شَخصٌ إِلَيَّ حَبيبُ

Peace upon the dwelling that I do not visit,

Peace upon the house that I do not visit

Even though someone dear to me dwells in it.

Even if one dear to me resides in it