وَذي راحَةٍ مِثلَ صَوبِ الغَما

وَذي راحَةٍ مِثلَ صَوبِ الغَما

مِ لَيسَ لَهُ في العُلا مُؤنِسُ

مِ لَيسَ لَهُ في العُلا مُؤنِسُ

And a man whose palm is like the downpour of clouds

With ease like the breeze in the sky

has no companion in the heights of glory.

He travels onward, lonely,

تَحَمَّلَ نَحوَ بِلادِ الشَآ

تَحَمَّلَ نَحوَ بِلادِ الشَآ

مِ يَحمِلُهُ مَهمَهٌ أَملَسُ

مِ يَحمِلُهُ مَهمَهٌ أَملَسُ

He set out toward the lands of al-Sham,

Journeying homeward, mindful of duty,

borne along by a smooth, trackless desert.

Serene, and pleading hardship no more.

إِذا مَجَّهُ بَلَدٌ بَسبَسُ

إِذا مَجَّهُ بَلَدٌ بَسبَسُ

تَلَقَّمَهُ بَلَدٌ بَسبَسُ

تَلَقَّمَهُ بَلَدٌ بَسبَسُ

Whenever a desolate land spits him out,

The rude wilderness cankers his spirit

another desolate land swallows him.

No more now than yesterday.

أَقولُ لَهُ عِندَ تَوديعِنا

أَقولُ لَهُ عِندَ تَوديعِنا

وَكُلٌّ بِحاجَتِهِ مُبلِسُ

وَكُلٌّ بِحاجَتِهِ مُبلِسُ

I say to him at our parting,

I said, at our parting, indeed -

while each is despondent over his own need:

Each of us driven on by need.

لَئِن قَعَدَت عَنكَ أَجسامُنا

لَئِن قَعَدَت عَنكَ أَجسامُنا

لَقَد سافَرَت مَعَكَ الأَنفُسُ

لَقَد سافَرَت مَعَكَ الأَنفُسُ

Even if our bodies have stayed behind, apart from you,

If we are divided, bodies apart,

our souls have indeed journeyed with you.

Souls, in truth, together depart.