إذا بكى باد ساكنها

إذا بكى باد ساكنها

ذو وحدة ساءه في داره الزمن

ذو وحدة ساءه في داره الزمن

When [a home] whose inhabitant has perished is mourned

When the wind cries in her deserted abode

by a lonely man whom time has saddened in his home,

Of loneliness that saddened him in his home, time

بكيت أهلي وأوطاني وآسفني

بكيت أهلي وأوطاني وآسفني

أن ليس لي بعدهم دار ولا سكن

أن ليس لي بعدهم دار ولا سكن

I have wept for my family and my homelands, and it has grieved me

I cried for my family and homelands and was saddened

that after them I have neither home nor shelter.

That after them I have no home or dwelling

أخنى الزمان على قومي وملك أو

أخنى الزمان على قومي وملك أو

طاني سواي فلا أهل ولا وطن

طاني سواي فلا أهل ولا وطن

Time has ravaged my people, and my homelands were taken

Time has grieved for my people and the kingdom of my

by someone other than me; so I have neither family nor homeland.

Homelands except for me, so I have neither family nor homeland

ولم تده لي المنايا مشتكى حزن

ولم تده لي المنايا مشتكى حزن

أبثه كمدي إن عادني حزن

أبثه كمدي إن عادني حزن

And death has not [left] me a confidant for sorrow

And death did not leave me a confidant to share my sorrow

to whom I might pour out my anguish if sorrow visits me.

That I may express, if sorrow comes back to me