طاب اللقا من سعاد

وغاب نجم الهجر

Sweet was the meeting with Suʿad.

And the star of estrangement has set.

وجاك سعد السعود

وعاد ربي وعاد

And Saʿd al-Suʿud, the luck of lucks, has come to you.

And my Lord returned, and returned,

يفك مغلق أسرى

يحل كلّ العقود

Unlocking what keeps me captive,

Untying every knot.

وبعد طول البعاد

يجبر بسعدي كسرى

And after long separation,

He mends my brokenness with my good fortune,

على هوان الحسود

ونال كلّ المراد

To the envious one's humiliation.

And all that was desired has been attained.

واهزم بيسرى عسرى

بوصل شاذن زرود

And conquer my hardship with my ease,

Through union with a young gazelle of Zarud.

بعد بعدي والتنائي

آن سولي ومنائي

After my separation and estrangement,

The hour of my desire and my wishes has come,

بالتداني واللقا

والرضا بعد الجفاء

Through drawing near and meeting,

And contentment after coldness.

وذق صفو الوداد

بلؤلؤي الثغر

And taste the pure essence of love,

With a pearl-bright mouth,

وسمهري القدود

والجعد حالك السواد

And forms as slender as spears,

And curls of deepest black,

ووجه مزري البدر

والصدر زان النهود

And a face that puts the full moon to shame,

And breasts that adorn the chest.

أمانتك والسحاب

تكف جود المزن

I charge you—and the clouds:

Hold back the rain clouds' bounty,

وهاك ماء عيني

واسقي جميع الرحاب

And take the water of my eye,

And water all the spacious grounds,

وربعها والدمن

بدمع وابل هني

And her dwelling and the ruined campsites,

With torrential, refreshing tears.

عسى أهل ذاك الجناب

يرثوا لعالج شجني

May the people of that abode

Pity my overwhelming grief.

فإن صبري فنى

وأدمعي في ازديادي

For my patience has come to an end,

And my tears keep increasing,

تهمي كوبل المطر

خدك صحون الخدود

Pouring like a downpour of rain.

Your cheek—the broad surfaces of cheeks [wording unclear].

كفّ عذلك يا عذولي

قد برى جسمي نحولي

Stop your reproaches, O my reproacher.

Already my wasting has worn my body away.

سلني هجران سولي

ما اعتذاري كيف قولي

Separation from my heart's desire has wasted me.

What excuse have I? How can I speak?

إن الضنا والسهاد

وأدمعاً لي تجري

Indeed, wasting sickness and sleeplessness,

And the tears that flow from me,

على غرامي شهود

فما بقى لي عناد

Are witnesses to my passionate love.

So no defiance remains in me,

أو يستمع لي عذري

أو يستطيع الجحود

Or he listens to my excuse,

Or is capable of denying it.

باللَه حادي القلاص

اليعملات الهجن

By God, O singing driver of the young she-camels,

The hardy, well-bred camels,

لا تستطيب الجلوس

عسى لقلبي خلاص

Do not delight in sitting still.

May my heart find deliverance

من الفراق المضني

فيه تلاف النفوس

From exhausting separation,

In which souls perish.

وزور خصّ الخواص

المجتبي المدني

And visit the choicest of the elect,

The chosen one, the Medinan,

السيد العيدروس

رعيا لتلك البلاد

Sayyid al-ʿAydarus.

May those lands be protected,

وطني ومنشا صغري

عسى زماني يعود

My homeland and the home of my childhood.

May my days return.

يا لحالي يا لحالي

قد رثى لي من رثى لي

Alas for my plight, alas for my plight!

Whoever pitied me has indeed pitied me.

ما لعذالي وما لي

ما شجى مثل خالي

What have my reproachers to do with me?

The sorrowful are not like the carefree.

يا وداد يا خير واد

واد لعيديد وطري

O Widad, O finest of valleys,

The valley of ʿAydid, my heart's desire,

فيه عرون الأسود

سقيا لتلك البلاد

Where lions have their dens.

May those lands be watered,

وسهلها والوعر

وأغوارها والنجود

And their plains and rugged ground,

And their lowlands and uplands.