ألا مَن لمَقروحِ الجوانحِ ساهرِ

ألا مَن لمَقروحِ الجوانحِ ساهرِ

تُساوِرهُ الآلامُ جهدَ المُساوِر

تُساوِرهُ الآلامُ جهدَ المُساوِر

Ah, who will aid a sleepless man with a wounded breast,

O who keeps vigil for the wounded at heart

Whom pains assail with an assailant's utmost force?

Whose pain exceeds all that wristlets can impart

يحِنُّ إلى عَصرٍ تَقَضّى وَأُسرَةٍ

يحِنُّ إلى عَصرٍ تَقَضّى وَأُسرَةٍ

أَفاضَت علَيهِ مثلَ عرفِ الأزاهرِ

أَفاضَت علَيهِ مثلَ عرفِ الأزاهرِ

He yearns for an age gone by, and for a family

Yearning for bygone days and kinship true

That poured over him the like of blossoms' fragrance.

That poured on him like perfume soft and new

وَتَمنحُهُ الذِكرى إذا شَفَّه الحمى

وَتَمنحُهُ الذِكرى إذا شَفَّه الحمى

وَأهلُ الحمى شوقاً قوادمَ طائرِ

وَأهلُ الحمى شوقاً قوادمَ طائرِ

And memory grants him—when longing for home

And memory that soothes him when fever burns

And its people wears him thin—a bird's flight feathers.

For fevered souls still for the absent yearn

ألا أَيُّها السِلكُ الذي منهُ أَصبَحت

ألا أَيُّها السِلكُ الذي منهُ أَصبَحت

تمشّى على جسرٍ بناتُ الخواطرِ

تمشّى على جسرٍ بناتُ الخواطرِ

Ah, O wire, by whose means they now

O thread from which the trains of thought proceed

Walk upon a bridge—the daughters of thought.

To tread the bridge imagination freed

رعى اللَهُ عصراً قد نماكَ فإنَّهُ

رعى اللَهُ عصراً قد نماكَ فإنَّهُ

أفاد ذوي الحاجاتِ أعظمَ ناصرِ

أفاد ذوي الحاجاتِ أعظمَ ناصرِ

May God guard the age that nurtured you, for it

God bless the age that raised you for its sake

Has given those in need their greatest helper.

As you the greatest succor undertake

لأَنت غِياثُ المُستَغيثِ من النَوى

لأَنت غِياثُ المُستَغيثِ من النَوى

وعونُ سخِيِّ الدَمعِ سمحِ المحاجرِ

وعونُ سخِيِّ الدَمعِ سمحِ المحاجرِ

Indeed, you are succor to one crying for relief from separation,

You are the refuge for all souls distressed

And aid to one lavish with tears, whose eyes give freely.

And balm for eyes with flowing tears impressed