1. بَكى وَشَكا لِغُربَتِهِ الغَريبُ

    وَطالَ بِهِ عَلى النَأيِ المَغيبُ

    The stranger wept and lamented his estrangement.

    And his absence, far away, dragged on.

  2. وَما هَذا بِأَعجَبَ مِن خُروجي

    وَتَركي بَلدَةً فيها الحَبيبُ

    And this is no more astonishing than my departure

    And my leaving a town where the beloved dwells.

  3. تَهيجُ لِيَ الصَبابَةَ كُلُّ ريحٍ

    وَيَهدي لي نَسيمَكُمُ الجَنوبُ

    Every wind stirs longing in me,

    And the south wind brings me your breeze.