يا شَأْمُ شؤمُك عادي

يا شَأْمُ شؤمُك عادي

بيني وبين الخليجِ

بيني وبين الخليجِ

O Sham, your ill fortune has parted

O north wind, your misfortune is ordinary

me from the Gulf.

Between me and the Gulf

فنحن منك ومنه

فنحن منك ومنه

في كلّ أَمْرٍ مَرِيج

في كلّ أَمْرٍ مَرِيج

So we, because of you and it,

We are of you and of it

are caught in all manner of turmoil.

In every confused matter

خَلّفتُه ظاهر الحس

خَلّفتُه ظاهر الحس

ن موْنِق التَبريج

ن موْنِق التَبريج

I left it behind, its beauty plain,

I left it apparently sensible

splendid in its adornment,

From the embroidery of farewell

كأنّه حُللَ البي

كأنّه حُللَ البي

ت في عيون الحَجِيج

ت في عيون الحَجِيج

as though it were the robes of the House

As if it adorned the house

in the eyes of the pilgrims.

In the eyes of the pilgrim

فكم بتلك المغاني

فكم بتلك المغاني

من كلّ زوج بَهيج

من كلّ زوج بَهيج

And how much those abodes contain

So with those melodies

of every lovely kind!

Every spouse is delighted

صبراً فمن ضيق حالي

صبراً فمن ضيق حالي

يَئُول للتَّفْريج

يَئُول للتَّفْريج

Patience! For my straitened lot

Have patience, for from my distress

will turn to relief.

There is diversion for relief