1. مَن كانَ يَسأَلُ عَنّا أَينَ مَنزِلُنا

    فَالأُقحُوانَةُ مِنّا مَنزِلٌ قَمَنُ

    Whoever has been asking about us—where our home is—

    al-Uqhuwanah is a fitting home for us,

  2. إِذ نَلبَسُ العَيشَ صَفواً ما يُكَدِّرُهُ

    طَعنُ الوشاةِ وَلا يَنبو بِنا الزَمَنُ

    when we wore life in its purity, unclouded by

    the slanderers’ barbs, and time did not deal harshly with us.

  3. لَيتَ الهَوى لَم يُقَرِّبني إِلَيكِ وَلَم

    أَعرِفكِ إِذ كانَ حَظّي مِنكُمُ الحَزَنُ

    Would that love had not drawn me close to you, nor had I

    known you, since my share from you was sorrow.

  4. مَن كانَ ذا سَكَنٍ بِالشّامِ يَأَلَفُهُ

    فَإِنَّ في غَيرِهِ أَمسى ليَ السَكَنُ

    If anyone has a home in Syria that he cherishes,

    then my own home has now come to be elsewhere.

  5. وَإِنَّ ذا القَصرِ حَيٌّ ما بِهِ وَطَني

    لَكِن بِمكَّةَ أَمسى الأَهلُ والوَطَنُ

    And Dhu al-Qasr is a settlement, but my homeland is not there;

    rather, my kin and homeland now lie in Mecca.

  6. إِذا الحِجازُ خَوى مِمَّن نُسَرُّ بِهِ

    والحاجُ داجٍ بِهِ مُغرَورِقٌ ثُكَنُ

    When the Hijaz is empty of those whose company delights us,

    and the camel-thorn stands there in dark, drenched clumps.