وما سَكنتْ نَفْسِي إلى الصّبرِ عنكُم

وما سَكنتْ نَفْسِي إلى الصّبرِ عنكُم

ولا رَضِيَتْ بُعدَ الدِّيارِ من القُرْبِ

ولا رَضِيَتْ بُعدَ الدِّيارِ من القُرْبِ

And my soul found no rest in patiently enduring your absence,

My soul did not settle to be patient without you all,

Nor was it content with distant homes instead of nearness.

Nor was it satisfied with the lands being distant instead of near.

ولكنَّ أيّامِي قضَتْ بِشَتَاتِنَا

ولكنَّ أيّامِي قضَتْ بِشَتَاتِنَا

ففارَقكُم جِسمِي وجَاوَرَكُم قَلبي

ففارَقكُم جِسمِي وجَاوَرَكُم قَلبي

But my days decreed our separation,

But my days have passed in our separation,

So my body parted from you, while my heart dwelt beside you.

So my body left you, while my heart stayed with you.

ولو جَمَعَتْنَا الدّارُ بعد تَفَرّقٍ

ولو جَمَعَتْنَا الدّارُ بعد تَفَرّقٍ

لكُنْتُم من الدّنيا ونِعمتِها حَسْبِي

لكُنْتُم من الدّنيا ونِعمتِها حَسْبِي

And if home reunited us after separation,

And if the house brought us back together after separation

You would be all I need of this world and its bounty.

You all would have been my sufficiency from the life and its blessings.