عادَ لي مِن ذِكرِها نَصَبٌ

عادَ لي مِن ذِكرِها نَصَبٌ

فَدُموعُ العَينِ تَنسَكِبُ

فَدُموعُ العَينِ تَنسَكِبُ

Remembering her has brought weariness back to me;

The memory of her has brought me grief,

so the eye’s tears pour forth.

And so tears fall from my eyes like a stream.

وَكَذاكَ الحُبُّ صاحِبُهُ

وَكَذاكَ الحُبُّ صاحِبُهُ

يَعتَريهِ الهَمُّ وَالوَصَبُ

يَعتَريهِ الهَمُّ وَالوَصَبُ

And such is love: its bearer

Such is love - it brings its companion

is beset by worry and pain.

Sorrow and melancholy it would seem.

خَيرُ مَن يُرجى وَمَن يَهَبُ

خَيرُ مَن يُرجى وَمَن يَهَبُ

مَلِكٌ دانَت لَهُ العَرَبُ

مَلِكٌ دانَت لَهُ العَرَبُ

The best of those looked to with hope and those who give

The best one to hope for, the most generous,

is a king to whom the Arabs have submitted.

Is a king whom all Arabs obey.

وَحَقيقٌ أَن يُدانَ لَهُ

وَحَقيقٌ أَن يُدانَ لَهُ

مَن أَبوهُ لِلنَبِيِّ أَبُ

مَن أَبوهُ لِلنَبِيِّ أَبُ

And worthy of being obeyed is

And it's right that he be obeyed

he whose father is a father to the Prophet.

One whose father was the Prophet's uncle.