1. أينَ السّرورُ من المُروَّعِ بالنّوى

    أبداً فَلا وَطنٌ ولا خُلاّنُ

    Where is joy for one terror-stricken by separation

    forever—with neither homeland nor dear friends?

  2. عِيدُ البَرِيَّةِ مَوسِمٌ لِعَويلهِ

    وسُرورُهُمْ فيه لَهُ أحزانُ

    The people's feast day is a season for his wailing;

    And their joy that day is grief to him.

  3. وإذَا رأى الشّملَ الجميعَ تَزاحمتْ

    في قَلبه الأمواهُ والنّيرانُ

    And when he sees the company united, there jostle

    within his heart the waters and the fires.