أَهيل الحَي هَل لاحت بدور

أَهيل الحَي هَل لاحت بدور

وَهل وافى مَع الصُبح البَشير

وَهل وافى مَع الصُبح البَشير

O dear folk of the quarter, have full moons appeared?

Have the loved ones come in sight

And has the bearer of good news arrived with dawn?

And brought the joyful dawn with them?

وَهَل جادَ الزَمان بِجَمع مال

وَهَل جادَ الزَمان بِجَمع مال

وَحَيا بِالرِضا دَهر غدور

وَحَيا بِالرِضا دَهر غدور

And has time been generous with the gathering of wealth?

Has time been generous with wealth

And has treacherous time offered a gracious greeting?

And lived content through ages rough?

وَهل تَروى الجَوانِح بِالتَلاقى

وَهل تَروى الجَوانِح بِالتَلاقى

وَتُسعِفُني الاِماني وَالجُسور

وَتُسعِفُني الاِماني وَالجُسور

And will the heart's depths be quenched by reunion?

Do longing souls their thirst now ease

And will hopes and bridges come to my aid?

And grant me hope and confidence?

مَتى يَزهى بِطلعتِهِم سُرورى

مَتى يَزهى بِطلعتِهِم سُرورى

وَيَشفى مهجَتي ذاكَ السُرور

وَيَشفى مهجَتي ذاكَ السُرور

When will my joy blossom at the sight of them,

When will their sight give joy to me

and that joy heal my heart?

And heal my heart that joy withal?