أيا حبذا سعدى وحب مقامها

أيا حبذا سعدى وحب مقامها

ويا حبذا أين استقل خيامها

ويا حبذا أين استقل خيامها

Ah, how lovely is Saʿdā, and how dear her dwelling!

How wonderful is Sa'diyya and the love of her abode,

And oh, how lovely the place where her tents have risen!

And how wonderful where her tents were pitched.

حياتي وموتي قرب سعدى وبعدها

حياتي وموتي قرب سعدى وبعدها

وعزي وذلي وصلها وانصرامها

وعزي وذلي وصلها وانصرامها

Saʿdā’s nearness is my life, her distance my death;

My life and death are near Sa'diyya, with her and without her,

And union with her is my honor, her parting my abasement.

My strength and weakness, union with her and separation from her.

سلام عليها أين أمست وأصبحت

سلام عليها أين أمست وأصبحت

وإن كان لايقرا علي سلامها

وإن كان لايقرا علي سلامها

Peace be upon her, wherever she spends evening and morning,

Peace be upon her, wherever she has spent the night and risen,

Even though her greeting is not conveyed to me.

Even if she does not return my greetings.

رعى الله سرحا قد رعى فيه سرحها

رعى الله سرحا قد رعى فيه سرحها

وروض أرضا سام فيه سوامها

وروض أرضا سام فيه سوامها

May God preserve a grove where her herd has grazed,

May God pasture the meadow where she pastured her flock,

And make verdant the land where her livestock have pastured.

And the garden where she wandered with her friends.

إذا سحبت سعدى بأرض ذيولها

إذا سحبت سعدى بأرض ذيولها

فقد أرغم المسك الذكي رغامها

فقد أرغم المسك الذكي رغامها

When Saʿdā trails her hems across the ground,

When Sa'diyya trails her skirts over the sand,

Then its dust has put fragrant musk to shame.

She infuses the air with her sweet perfume.

وإن ما يست قضبان بان رأيتها

وإن ما يست قضبان بان رأيتها

تنكس واستعلى عليها قوامها

تنكس واستعلى عليها قوامها

And if she vies in swaying with bān branches, you see them

And when I see the flexible branches bend down

Bow low, while her stature rises above them.

And rise above her stature.