لِمَنِ الدارُ أَوحَشَت بِمَغانِ

لِمَنِ الدارُ أَوحَشَت بِمَغانِ

بَينَ أَعلى اليَرموكِ فَالخَمّانِ

بَينَ أَعلى اليَرموكِ فَالخَمّانِ

Whose is the dwelling, grown desolate among the abodes,

For whom has the house become desolate with departure?

Between the upper Yarmouk and al-Khamman,

Between the heights of Yarmouk and Khamaan

فَالقُرَيّاتِ مِن بَلاسَ فَدارَي

فَالقُرَيّاتِ مِن بَلاسَ فَدارَي

يا فَسَكّاءَ فَالقُصورِ الدَواني

يا فَسَكّاءَ فَالقُصورِ الدَواني

And al-Qurayyat, from Balas to Daray-

The villages of Balas, then my home

ya, then Sakka and the nearby palaces,

O Faskaa, then the lofty palaces

فَقَفا جاسِمٍ فَأَودِيَةِ الصُف

فَقَفا جاسِمٍ فَأَودِيَةِ الصُف

فَرِ مَغنى قَنابِلٍ وَهِجانِ

فَرِ مَغنى قَنابِلٍ وَهِجانِ

Then behind Jasim, and the valleys of al-Suf-

The hill of Jaasim, then the valleys of Suf

far, a home to bands of horses and noble white camels?

The plain of Maghnaa, bombs and turmoil

تِلكَ دارُ العَزيزِ بَعدَ أَنيسٍ

تِلكَ دارُ العَزيزِ بَعدَ أَنيسٍ

وَحُلولٍ عَظيمَةِ الأَركانِ

وَحُلولٍ عَظيمَةِ الأَركانِ

That is the mighty lord's dwelling, bereft of companions

That is the house of the dear one after intimacy

And settled hosts with mighty foundations.

And great pillars of glory

هَبِلَت أُمُّهُم وَقَد هَبِلَتهُم

هَبِلَت أُمُّهُم وَقَد هَبِلَتهُم

يَومَ حَلّوا بِحارِثِ الجَولانِ

يَومَ حَلّوا بِحارِثِ الجَولانِ

Bereaved be their mother—indeed, she has lost them—

Their mother has withered, and they have withered

The day they settled at Harith al-Jawlan.

The day they went to Haarith of the Golan

قَد دَنا الفِصحُ فَالوَلائِدُ يَنظِم

قَد دَنا الفِصحُ فَالوَلائِدُ يَنظِم

نَ قُعوداً أَكِلَّةَ المَرجانِ

نَ قُعوداً أَكِلَّةَ المَرجانِ

Easter draws near, and the maidservants string,

The new year is near, so the camels are adorned

As they sit, garlands of coral.

With elegant carpets and fine cloth

يَجتَنينَ الجادِيَّ في ثُقَبِ الرَي

يَجتَنينَ الجادِيَّ في ثُقَبِ الرَي

طِ عَلَيها مَجاسِدُ الكَتّانِ

طِ عَلَيها مَجاسِدُ الكَتّانِ

They gather saffron in the openings of fine

The Najdi rider collects the threads of silk

Cloths; upon them are saffron-dyed linen garments.

Spread over them are containers of linen

لا يُعَلَّلنَ بِالمَغافِرِ وَالصَم

لا يُعَلَّلنَ بِالمَغافِرِ وَالصَم

غِ وَلا نَقفِ حَنظَلِ الشَريانِ

غِ وَلا نَقفِ حَنظَلِ الشَريانِ

They are not appeased with maghafir resin and

They are not blamed for forgiveness and deafness

Gum, nor with cracked colocynth seeds of al-Sharyan.

Nor do we stand at the vein of evil

ذاكَ مَغنىً مِن آلِ جَفنَةَ في الدَه

ذاكَ مَغنىً مِن آلِ جَفنَةَ في الدَه

رِ وَحَقٌّ تَعاقُبُ الأَزمانِ

رِ وَحَقٌّ تَعاقُبُ الأَزمانِ

That was a dwelling of the House of Jafna through

That is the melody of the family of Jafnah in the Dahna

Time; the succession of ages is certain.

And time goes by inevitably

قَد أَراني هُناكَ حَقُّ مَكينٍ

قَد أَراني هُناكَ حَقُّ مَكينٍ

عِندَ ذي التاجِ مَجلِسي وَمَكاني

عِندَ ذي التاجِ مَجلِسي وَمَكاني

I can see myself there, with an established man's rightful standing,

I saw my rightful place there

My seat and place beside the crowned one.

In the council of the crowned one, my seat and position