منصورُ دارُكَ أضْحَتْ منكَ مُوحِشَةً

منصورُ دارُكَ أضْحَتْ منكَ مُوحِشَةً

قد أقْفرتْ بعد سُكّانٍ وجِيرانِ

قد أقْفرتْ بعد سُكّانٍ وجِيرانِ

Mansur, your home has grown desolate without you.

The home where you dwelled has become desolate without you

It stands deserted, its inhabitants and neighbors gone.

It is empty now of inhabitants and neighbors

أضحَى الّذي كان منها أمسِ أضْحَكَني

أضحَى الّذي كان منها أمسِ أضْحَكَني

وسرّني هاجَ أشْجانِي وأبكاني

وسرّني هاجَ أشْجانِي وأبكاني

Now what in it made me laugh yesterday

What used to make me laugh and bring me joy yesterday

And delighted me has stirred my sorrows and made me weep.

Now stirs my troubles and makes me weep

عهدْتُها نادِياً للّهوِ مجتَمَعاً

عهدْتُها نادِياً للّهوِ مجتَمَعاً

للأُنْسِ مَلْعَبَ أترابٍ وَوِلدانِ

للأُنْسِ مَلْعَبَ أترابٍ وَوِلدانِ

I knew it as a meeting place for pleasure, a gathering place

I knew it as a place where people gathered for fun

For fellowship, a playground for peers and children.

A playground for friends and little children

فأصبحَتْ ما بِها مما عهِدتُ بِهَا

فأصبحَتْ ما بِها مما عهِدتُ بِهَا

سِوَى صدىً كُلّما ناديتُ لبّانِي

سِوَى صدىً كُلّما ناديتُ لبّانِي

So now there is nothing in it of what I once knew there

But now there is nothing left that I knew

Except an echo that answers me whenever I call.

Except an echo whenever I call out longing for you