ما بلُ ذاكَ البَيتِ الَّذي كُنتَ آلِفاً

ما بلُ ذاكَ البَيتِ الَّذي كُنتَ آلِفاً

أَنارَكَ فيهِ بَعدَ إِلفِكَ نائِرُ

أَنارَكَ فيهِ بَعدَ إِلفِكَ نائِرُ

What is the matter with that house you once frequented?

What befell that house which you were once intimate with

Has someone there driven you away, after your attachment to it?

It lit you within it after your intimacy a burning fire

تَزورُ بُيوتاً حَولَهُ ما تُحِبُّها

تَزورُ بُيوتاً حَولَهُ ما تُحِبُّها

وَتَهجُرُهُ سَقياً لِمَن أَنتَ هاجِرُ

وَتَهجُرُهُ سَقياً لِمَن أَنتَ هاجِرُ

You visit houses around it that you do not love,

You visit houses around it you don't like

And forsake it—may rain bless the one you forsake!

And abandon it, quenching for one whom you emigrate from

مُجاوِرَةٌ قَوماً عِدىً في صُدورِهِم

مُجاوِرَةٌ قَوماً عِدىً في صُدورِهِم

أَلا حَبَّذا مِن حُبِّها مَن تُجاوِرُ

أَلا حَبَّذا مِن حُبِّها مَن تُجاوِرُ

She dwells beside people with enmity in their breasts;

Cohabiting with a folk having malice in their chests

Ah, how dear, for love of her, are those she dwells beside!

Oh, how blessed from its love is one who cohabits