1. يا من هواهم أقام

    في مهجتي واستقر

    O you whose love has come to dwell

    within my heart and settled there,

  2. عطفاً على المستهام

    بكم حليف السهر

    have pity on the one consumed with longing

    for you, a companion of sleepless nights.

  3. دمعه كفيض الغمام

    من فقد باهي الغرر

    His tears pour like rain from clouds,

    from losing the radiant-browed one,

  4. من فرعه كالظلام

    وجهه كالقمر

    whose hair is like darkness,

    whose face is like the moon.

  5. قولوا لظبي الرمال

    يسمح لهذا الكثيب

    Tell the gazelle of the sands

    to grant this sand dune

  6. بقربه والوصال

    لعل عيشه يطيب

    closeness to him and union,

    so that his life may grow sweet,

  7. ويتقي ذا الجلال

    فيه الشهيد الرقيب

    and to fear the Lord of Majesty,

    the Witness, the Watchful, in his treatment of him,

  8. من قبل يأتي الحما

    م وتنطلق للحفر

    before death comes

    and you depart for the graves.

  9. يا صاحبي قم بنا فقد تمادى البعاد

    وسر بنا سربنا حتى نوافي سعاد

    O my companion, rise with us, for separation has lasted too long.

    And journey with us—journey with us—until we reach Su'ad.

  10. بمكة أو منى حيث اجتماع العهاد

    نحظى بنيل المرام منها ونقضي الوطر

    In Mecca or Mina, where the covenant-keepers gather,

    we shall attain our desire from her and fulfill our longing.

  11. وبعد نأتي الرسول محمد المصطفى

    خير الأنام الرسول نشكو من أهل الجفا

    Then we shall come to the Messenger, Muhammad, the Chosen One,

    the best of creation, the Messenger; we complain of those who are harsh,

  12. من كل ظالم جهول كدر علينا الصفا

    يا ربنا يا سلام غثنا بخير البشر

    of every ignorant oppressor who has clouded our serenity.

    O our Lord, O Peace, come to our aid through the best of humankind.