أَفْدِى عَرَباً حَلُّوا بِوَادِي الجَزْعِ

أَفْدِى عَرَباً حَلُّوا بِوَادِي الجَزْعِ

يَا وَحْشَةَ نَاظِري لَهُمْ في الرَّبْعِ

يَا وَحْشَةَ نَاظِري لَهُمْ في الرَّبْعِ

I would give my life for Arabs who settled in the valley of al-Jazʿ.

I ransom Arabs who camped in the valley of grief

Oh, the loneliness of my eye for them in the encampment!

O desolation that watches them in the spring

لَمَّا بَحَثُوا عِنْدِي فِي فُرْقَتِنَا

لَمَّا بَحَثُوا عِنْدِي فِي فُرْقَتِنَا

اشْتَاقَ لَهُمْ مَسَايِلاً مِنْ دَمْعِي

اشْتَاقَ لَهُمْ مَسَايِلاً مِنْ دَمْعِي

When they discussed our separation in my presence,

When they searched in me during our separation

It yearned for them in streams of my tears.

My tears yearned for them flowing down