يا سعد قلبي حزين

يا سعد قلبي حزين

على فراق الربوع

على فراق الربوع

O Saad, my heart is sad

O Saad, my heart is sad

At parting from the dwellings.

For the absence of meadows

قد زاد منه الحنين

قد زاد منه الحنين

وساعدته الدموع

وساعدته الدموع

Longing has grown because of it,

Longing has increased in it

And tears have aided it.

And tears have assisted it

ناديت هل من معين

ناديت هل من معين

بدمعه والخشوع

بدمعه والخشوع

I called out: is there any helper,

I called, is there anyone to help

With his tears and humble reverence,

With his tears and devotion?

من كل عاشق مكين

من كل عاشق مكين

قد طال منه النزوع

قد طال منه النزوع

Among all steadfast lovers

From every tormented lover

Whose yearning has long endured

Whose longing has been so long

إلى عريب الحمى

إلى عريب الحمى

النازلين الكثيب

النازلين الكثيب

For the little Arab band of the protected grounds,

To the Bedouin's ardour

Who dwell upon the sand dune?

Those who descend the dune

فيهم عذيب اللمى

فيهم عذيب اللمى

فردا جمال الغريب

فردا جمال الغريب

Among them is a sweet, dark-lipped one,

In them is the agony of passion

Peerless; the stranger’s beauty

He shot his heart with a painful arrow

رماه لما رمى

رماه لما رمى

قلبي بسهم مصيب

قلبي بسهم مصيب

Struck him when it struck

So it became like me, captive

My heart with an unerring arrow.

For ages feeling pain

فصار مثلي رهين

فصار مثلي رهين

طول الزمان يلوع

طول الزمان يلوع

So he became, like me, a captive,

Poor thing, without rest

Burning with longing throughout time.

Nor peace for his heart

مسكين ما له قرار

مسكين ما له قرار

ولا لقلبه سكون

ولا لقلبه سكون

Poor soul, he finds no rest,

The night is like the day

Nor does his heart find calm.

And all time is agony

الليل مثل النهار

الليل مثل النهار

والوقت كله شجون

والوقت كله شجون

Night is like day,

The intention is to remove coyness

And every moment is sorrow.

For him, and to endure sorrows

والقصد خلع العذار

والقصد خلع العذار

عنده وطي الشؤون

عنده وطي الشؤون

And the aim is to cast off the bridle

And today is like years

In his presence, and set all cares aside.

And the lute like crowds

واليوم مثل السنين

واليوم مثل السنين

والوتر مثل الجموع

والوتر مثل الجموع

And a day is like years,

O is there for our days

And one is like multitudes.

With twists and turns

يا هل لأيامنا

يا هل لأيامنا

بالمنحنى والنقا

بالمنحنى والنقا

Oh, can our days

A return of our bliss

At the bend and the sand dune

So misery may disappear

من عودة بالهنا

من عودة بالهنا

لكي يزول الشقا

لكي يزول الشقا

Return with happiness,

And allow this passion

So that misery may cease

Through nearness, then meeting

وينمي ذا العنا

وينمي ذا العنا

بالقرب ثم اللقا

بالقرب ثم اللقا

And this suffering grow,

I hope the Almighty

Through nearness, then reunion?

My Lord, to Him is the return

أرجو القوي المتين

أرجو القوي المتين

ربي إليه رجوع

ربي إليه رجوع

I hope in the Strong, the Firm—

My Lord; to Him is the return.