أياO لوردLord فيin طولthe length of البلادthe land وعرضهاand its breadth
أيا لورد في طول البلاد وعرضها
زغاليلyoung pigeons منfrom حرthe heat of الفراقparting تطيرfly
زغاليل من حر الفراق تطير
O Lord, throughout the length and breadth of the land,
O Lord, across the length and breadth of the land,
Squabs, from separation’s burning anguish, take wing.
Young pigeons fly from the burning pain of parting.
فكلهاso eat them إذاwhen حطتthey alight لديكbefore you بلندنin London
فكلها إذا حطت لديك بلندن
فأمثالهاfor others like them فيin دنشواىDenshawai كثيرmany
فأمثالها في دنشواى كثير
So eat them if they alight beside you in London—
So eat them when they alight before you in London,
For many of their kind are found in Denshawai.
For there are many like them in Denshawai.
ولكنbut هذىthese هضمهاdigesting them فيهin it راحةcomfort
ولكن هذى هضمها فيه راحة
وتلكand those لعمريby my life هضمهنdigesting them عسيرdifficult
وتلك لعمري هضمهن عسير
But digesting these brings comfort,
But there is comfort in digesting these,
While those—by my life—are hard to digest.
And those, by my life, are hard to digest.