1. يا دار طيبة والبعاد مخيف

    صبرى على بعد الديار ضعيف

    O abode of Taybah, separation is frightening.

    My patience with distance from the dwellings is weak.

  2. من لي بأن أحظى بربع مكارم

    صرفت عناني عن لقاه صروف

    Who will help me gain an abode of noble virtues?

    The turns of fate have turned my reins away from reaching it.

  3. كم أشتكي مولاي بعداً قاطعاً

    يعدو على ضعفى وأنت رؤوف

    How often I lament, my lord, a severing distance

    that assails my weakness, while you are compassionate.

  4. صرفت إلى نيل الأماني حلبة

    والعبد عن درك المنى مصروف

    A band of racers was directed toward attaining wishes,

    while the servant is turned away from attaining his desires.

  5. لا تحرمني نيل ما قد أدركوا

    فعليك مأمول الرجا موقوف

    Do not deny me the attainment of what they have attained,

    for the object of hope depends on you.

  6. أمضوا عزائمهم وأخر دمعتي

    عن درك ما قد أدركوا التسويف

    They carried out their resolves, while my tear was held back

    from attaining what they attained—by procrastination.

  7. كيف اللحاق بهم وأنت كما ترى

    بالغدر يا حلف الونا معروف

    How can you catch up with them when you, as you see,

    are known for betrayal, O sworn ally of lassitude?

  8. وصفوا بأوصاف الوفا وبضدها

    أنت المشار إليه والموصوف

    They were described by qualities of faithfulness; by their opposites,

    you are the one singled out and described.

  9. شغفوا ببذل الجد في نيل المنى

    فسَموا وأنت بضد ذا مشغوف

    They were passionately devoted to earnest effort in attaining desires,

    so they rose high, while you are enamored of the opposite.

  10. قدّروا القوادم عن مدى درك الدنا

    ولظلها مدت عليك سجوف

    They measured their flight feathers beyond the range of worldly attainment,

    while curtains were drawn over you in their shadow.

  11. حتى متى لا ترعوى بعتابنا

    وغلى متى لا ينفع التعنيف

    How long will you fail to mend your ways at our reproach?

    And how long will stern rebuke prove useless?

  12. أعرضت عنا إذ غدرت تجافيا

    وجنافنا أبداً عليك عطوف

    You turned away from us when you betrayed us, keeping aloof,

    yet our estrangement is ever tender toward you.

  13. فانهض إلينا والتزم أبوابنا

    فالقرب أمن والبعاد مخيف

    So rise toward us and cling to our gates,

    for nearness is safety, and separation is frightening.