شوقي إليك على تفريق بلدتنا

شوقي إليك على تفريق بلدتنا

شوق الغريب الذي قد مله السهر

شوق الغريب الذي قد مله السهر

My longing for you, though our town keeps us apart,

My longing for you since we left our hometown

Is the longing of a stranger of whom sleeplessness has grown weary,

Is like an expatriate's yearning through sleepless nights

أو شوقُ والدة حنّت إلى ولدِ

أو شوقُ والدة حنّت إلى ولدِ

قد غاب عنها زمانا ماله خبر

قد غاب عنها زمانا ماله خبر

Or the longing of a mother who yearned for her child,

Or a mother's pining for her absent son

Who has been absent from her for some time, with no news of him.

Of whom she's had no news for so long