1. تردَّدْنا الى الدارِ

    وما فُزْنا بأوطارِ

    We kept returning to the house,

    and did not attain our desires.

  2. فإن عُدْنا فلا كانَ

    لنا مثوًى سوى النارِ

    So if we return, may there be no

    abode for us but the fire.

  3. على أنّا عذرْناكَ

    على ذاكَ بأعذارِ

    Yet we have excused you

    for that, with excuses:

  4. لأنت البدرُ لا تنفكّ

    في طولِ المدى ساري

    Indeed, you are the full moon, never ceasing

    to journey by night throughout time.