ألا يا رسولي فأقرى السلام

ألا يا رسولي فأقرى السلام

أهيل ودادي بتلك الخيام

أهيل ودادي بتلك الخيام

Hark, O my messenger—carry greetings of peace

Ah, my messenger, convey greetings

to my beloved folk in those tents.

To the dear ones I love in those tents.

وحي النويزل في الحي من

وحي النويزل في الحي من

كناس الظباء وفحص النعام

كناس الظباء وفحص النعام

And greet the little newcomer there among the tribe,

And greet al-Nuwayzil in the camp, among

amid the gazelles’ lairs and the ostriches’ nest-scrapes.

The gazelles’ coverts and the ostriches’ nesting grounds.

وقل لهم العين من بعدكم

وقل لهم العين من بعدكم

بها جاد حتى جفاها المنام

بها جاد حتى جفاها المنام

And tell them: since you left, my eye

And tell them: since you left, from his eye

has poured forth freely, until sleep forsook it.

He has poured tears until sleep forsook it—

غريب وعنكم نأت داره

غريب وعنكم نأت داره

مشوق كئيب بكم مستهام

مشوق كئيب بكم مستهام

A stranger, whose home has drawn far away from you,

A stranger whose home has grown far from you,

yearning, sorrowful, and madly enamored of you.

Yearning, sorrowful, mad with love for you,

بعيد المزار وفي دمعه

بعيد المزار وفي دمعه

لقد راح يسبح شهرا وعام

لقد راح يسبح شهرا وعام

The journey to visit is long, and in his tears

Far-off to visit; and in his tears

he has indeed gone on swimming for a month and a year.

He has indeed been swimming for a month and a year.

وفي كل يوم يروع الهوى

وفي كل يوم يروع الهوى

فؤادي ويزداد فيه الغرام

فؤادي ويزداد فيه الغرام

And every day, love strikes fear into

And every day love terrifies

my heart, while its passion only grows.

My heart, and passion grows within it.

وصبري مني مضى وانقضى

وصبري مني مضى وانقضى

وجفني من الدمع مرجراه دام

وجفني من الدمع مرجراه دام

My patience has left me, spent and gone,

And my patience has left me and come to an end,

and my eyelid’s stream of tears flows on.

And my eyelid’s stream of tears flows on.

وبعد الحجاز فما طاب لي

وبعد الحجاز فما طاب لي

وعيش هواكم بارض مقام

وعيش هواكم بارض مقام

Beyond the Hijaz, no dwelling has pleased me—

And after the Hijaz, I have found no joy—

by the life of my love for you—in any land.

By the life of my love for you—in dwelling in any land.

بلاد رباها وسكانها

بلاد رباها وسكانها

عليّ كرام كرام كرام

عليّ كرام كرام كرام

Lands whose uplands and inhabitants

Lands whose hills and inhabitants

are dear to me—dear, dear, dear.

Are dear to me—dear, dear.