مني السلامُ على ديارِ اَحبَّتي

مني السلامُ على ديارِ اَحبَّتي

كالمسكِ تحملُهُ الصَّبَا إذ هبَّتِ

كالمسكِ تحملُهُ الصَّبَا إذ هبَّتِ

Peace from me upon the dwellings of my loved ones,

My greetings to the dwellings of my loved ones

Like musk, borne by the east wind when it blew.

Carried by the morning breeze as it blows

مني السلامُ على الذي هجر الحمى

مني السلامُ على الذي هجر الحمى

ولهُ خيالٌ لا يزالُ بمقلتي

ولهُ خيالٌ لا يزالُ بمقلتي

Peace from me upon the one who left the sanctuary,

My greetings to him who left the abode

And his image still remains in my eye.

Whose image still lingers before my eyes

قيَسَماً بذاكَ الربعِ قلبي ما صبا

قيَسَماً بذاكَ الربعِ قلبي ما صبا

إلاَّ لربعٍ في رُباهُ جَنَّتي

إلاَّ لربعٍ في رُباهُ جَنَّتي

I swear by that abode: my heart has never yearned

I swear by that land, my heart has not inclined

Except for an abode on whose hills lies my paradise.

Except to a corner within it, my paradise

يا حبذا تِلكَ الديارُ وإن تَكُن

يا حبذا تِلكَ الديارُ وإن تَكُن

بَلِّغ اليهِ حَيءٌ ما برحتُ كَمّيِتِ

بَلِّغ اليهِ حَيءٌ ما برحتُ كَمّيِتِ

Ah, how lovely those dwellings are, even if they be...

How wonderful that abode is, even if

Tell him I am alive, yet have remained like one dead.

It remains desolate since I left it

بالله يا مَن زارَ أَكنافَ الحمى

بالله يا مَن زارَ أَكنافَ الحمى

بَلِّغ اليه ألفَ الفِ تحيةِ

بَلِّغ اليه ألفَ الفِ تحيةِ

By God, O you who visited the sanctuary's outskirts,

For God's sake, O you who visited the dwellings of the abode

Convey to him a thousand thousand greetings.

Convey to him a thousand greetings

وسَلِ الحبيبَ متى اللقآءُ فإنني

وسَلِ الحبيبَ متى اللقآءُ فإنني

في الحىِّ ما برحتُ كَميِّتِ

في الحىِّ ما برحتُ كَميِّتِ

And ask the beloved when we shall meet, for I

And ask the beloved when will we meet again

Have remained like one dead in the encampment.

For I still pine in longing