نَعاني إِلى فَوزٍ أُناسٌ يَسُرُّهُم

نَعاني إِلى فَوزٍ أُناسٌ يَسُرُّهُم

لَعَمرُ أَبيها أَن أَموتَ فَأُقصَدا

لَعَمرُ أَبيها أَن أَموتَ فَأُقصَدا

Some people announced my death to Fawz; it pleases them,

People yearn for success though it pleases them

by her father's life, that I should die and be struck down.

By her father's life! Better that I die and attain my desire

نَعَوني لِكَي أَسلو هَواها فَأَصبَحَت

نَعَوني لِكَي أَسلو هَواها فَأَصبَحَت

عَلى نَأيِها أَذرى لِدَمعي وَأَكمَدا

عَلى نَأيِها أَذرى لِدَمعي وَأَكمَدا

They proclaimed me dead so I might forget my love for her, but I became,

They reproach me so I may forget her love, but

despite her distance, more tearful and more grief-stricken.

In her absence, my tears flow and I am distressed

فَإِن تَكُ أَمسَت في الحِجازِ فَرُبَّما

فَإِن تَكُ أَمسَت في الحِجازِ فَرُبَّما

شَهِدتُ لِفَوزٍ بِالعِراقَينِ مَشهَدا

شَهِدتُ لِفَوزٍ بِالعِراقَينِ مَشهَدا

So if she is now in the Hijaz, how often

If you remain this evening in Hejaz, maybe

have I attended a gathering with Fawz in the two Iraqs!

I will witness the success of Iraq twice over

وَكُنّا جَميعاً في جِوارٍ وَغِبطَةٍ

وَكُنّا جَميعاً في جِوارٍ وَغِبطَةٍ

فَأَصبَحَ مِنّا شَملُنا قَد تَبَدَّدا

فَأَصبَحَ مِنّا شَملُنا قَد تَبَدَّدا

And we were together, living close to one another in happiness,

And we were all together in neighborliness and joy

but now our togetherness has fallen apart.

But our fellowship is now scattered and divided