يأيّها الراحِلُ المَشُوقُ إذا

يأيّها الراحِلُ المَشُوقُ إذا

أزعَجَه شوقُه إلى الوَطنِ

أزعَجَه شوقُه إلى الوَطنِ

O departing, yearning traveler, when

O you who travel with yearning, when

His longing for the homeland drives him forth,

His longing for homeland troubles him,

أودَعْتُك القول والأَمانةُ لا

أودَعْتُك القول والأَمانةُ لا

تُودَعُ إلاّ لِكلّ مؤتمَن

تُودَعُ إلاّ لِكلّ مؤتمَن

I have entrusted you with these words, and a trust is not

I entrusted you with words and trust, which

Entrusted except to someone trustworthy.

Are only entrusted to every trustworthy one.

بلّغ لِبغدادَ إِن حللتَ بها

بلّغ لِبغدادَ إِن حللتَ بها

عنّي بلاغَ المبلِّغِ الفَطِن

عنّي بلاغَ المبلِّغِ الفَطِن

Convey to Baghdad, if you alight there,

Convey to Baghdad, if you lodge therein,

On my behalf, as a discerning messenger would,

From me an eloquent conveyance of messages

بأنّها السُّؤلُ والمُرادُ وإن

بأنّها السُّؤلُ والمُرادُ وإن

أَصبحَ في غيرِ أرضها بدني

أَصبحَ في غيرِ أرضها بدني

That she is my desire and my goal, even though

That it is the question and the purpose, even if

My body is now in a land other than hers;

My body is in other than its land in the morning,

وأنّه قد دنا البِعيدُ لنا

وأنّه قد دنا البِعيدُ لنا

وحانَ مِنه ما كان لَم يَحِنِ

وحانَ مِنه ما كان لَم يَحِنِ

And that the distant has now drawn near to us,

And that the distant one has come near for us

And what of it was not yet due has now reached its time.

And what was not ripe has ripened from it.

وأحَرَّ شَوْقاه لِلحُلولِ بِها

وأحَرَّ شَوْقاه لِلحُلولِ بِها

وقد بَلَغْتُ المرادَ مِن زمني

وقد بَلَغْتُ المرادَ مِن زمني

And oh, the burning of my longing to dwell in her!

And his longing to arrive therein was stirred,

And I have attained what I desired of my days.

And I have attained the purpose of my time.