لا أَنسَ لَيلةَ إِذ نزلتُ بسوحها

لا أَنسَ لَيلةَ إِذ نزلتُ بسوحها

وَالقلبُ يَخفقُ والنواظر تدمعُ

وَالقلبُ يَخفقُ والنواظر تدمعُ

I shall not forget the night I alighted in her courtyards,

I will never forget the night when I descended upon its plains,

And my heart was pounding, and my eyes were shedding tears,

My heart was beating rapidly and my eyes were tearful,

وَالنفسُ في غَمراتِ حزنٍ فادحٍ

وَالنفسُ في غَمراتِ حزنٍ فادحٍ

وَلهى الفؤادِ كئيبةً أتفجّعُ

وَلهى الفؤادِ كئيبةً أتفجّعُ

And my soul was in the depths of crushing grief,

My soul was submerged in deep overwhelming sorrow,

Distraught at heart and sorrowful, I lamented,

And my heart was distracted by grief in which I lamented,

مَطرودةً مِن بعدِ قَتلِ أبوّتي

مَطرودةً مِن بعدِ قَتلِ أبوّتي

ما إِن أُجارُ ولم يسعني المضجعُ

ما إِن أُجارُ ولم يسعني المضجعُ

Driven out after the slaying of my fathers,

Banished after my father was killed,

I was granted no refuge, and the bed could not hold me.

I had no shelter and could not find rest.