إِنّي لآمُلُ أَن تَدنو وَإِن بَعُدَت

إِنّي لآمُلُ أَن تَدنو وَإِن بَعُدَت

والشّيءُ يؤمَلُ أَن يَدنو وَإِن بَعُدا

والشّيءُ يؤمَلُ أَن يَدنو وَإِن بَعُدا

Indeed, I hope she will draw near, though she has grown distant.

I hope that you will come closer even if you are far away

And one hopes a thing will draw near, however distant it has grown.

For a thing is hoped to come closer even if distant

أَبغَضتُ كُلَّ بِلادٍ كُنتُ آلَفُها

أَبغَضتُ كُلَّ بِلادٍ كُنتُ آلَفُها

فَما أُلائِمُ إِلا أَرضَها بَلَدا

فَما أُلائِمُ إِلا أَرضَها بَلَدا

I have come to hate every land I once felt at home in;

I have hated every country that I was once familiar with

so I find no country congenial except her land.

So I blame none but its land as a homeland

يا لَلرِّجالِ لمَقتولٍ بِلا تِرَةٍ

يا لَلرِّجالِ لمَقتولٍ بِلا تِرَةٍ

لا يأخُذونَ لَهُ عَقلاً وَلا قَودا

لا يأخُذونَ لَهُ عَقلاً وَلا قَودا

O men, help one slain though he had done no wrong,

Oh what men, killed without retaliation

for whom they exact neither blood money nor retaliation.

They take neither reason nor retribution for him

إِن قَرُبَت لَم يُفِق عَنها وَإِن بَعُدَت

إِن قَرُبَت لَم يُفِق عَنها وَإِن بَعُدَت

تَقَطَّعَت نَفسُهُ مِن حُبِّها قِدَدا

تَقَطَّعَت نَفسُهُ مِن حُبِّها قِدَدا

If she draws near, he does not recover from his passion for her; and if she is far away,

If she came close, he would not regain consciousness, and if she went far

his soul is torn to shreds by love for her.

His soul would be torn apart from love of her

ما تذكرُ الدَهرَ لي سُعدى وإِن نَزَحَت

ما تذكرُ الدَهرَ لي سُعدى وإِن نَزَحَت

إِلا تَرَقرَقَ ماءُ العَينِ فاطَّرَدا

إِلا تَرَقرَقَ ماءُ العَينِ فاطَّرَدا

Never is Su'da mentioned to me, though she has gone far away,

Time does not remind me of happiness with you, but if it went away

without tears shimmering in my eyes and then streaming down.

The tears flowed down my eyes ceaselessly

وَلا قَرَأتُ كِتاباً مِنكِ يَبلُغُني

وَلا قَرَأتُ كِتاباً مِنكِ يَبلُغُني

إِلّا تَنَفَّستُ مِن وَجدٍ بِكُم صُعَدا

إِلّا تَنَفَّستُ مِن وَجدٍ بِكُم صُعَدا

Nor have I read a letter from you that reaches me,

And I read no letter from you that reached me

without breathing deep sighs of longing for you.

Except I sighed from anguish for you continuously

وَقَد بَدَت ليَ مِن سُعدى مُعاتَبَةٌ

وَقَد بَدَت ليَ مِن سُعدى مُعاتَبَةٌ

أَمسَى وَأَضحى بِها جَدّي بِكُم سَعِدا

أَمسَى وَأَضحى بِها جَدّي بِكُم سَعِدا

And a reproach from Su'da has come to me,

And happiness had shown displeasure with me

through which my fortune with you turned favorable, evening and morning.

I greeted it morning and evening with you, happily

وَلَو أُعاتِبُ ذا حِقدٍ قَتَلتُ لَهُ

وَلَو أُعاتِبُ ذا حِقدٍ قَتَلتُ لَهُ

نَفساً مُعاتَبَتي إِيّاكِ ما حَقدا

نَفساً مُعاتَبَتي إِيّاكِ ما حَقدا

And were I to reproach a resentful man from whom I had taken

And if I reproach one with hatred, I would have killed

a life, as I reproach you, he would bear no grudge.

My soul, reproaching you, not with hatred