يرنو إلى البلد الجديـ

يرنو إلى البلد الجديـ

ـد كأنه بحر خضم

ـد كأنه بحر خضم

He gazes toward the new land,

He longs for the new country as if it were a turbulent sea

as though it were a vast sea.

Hope plays with him as the hands of regret play with him

يلهو الرجاء به كما

يلهو الرجاء به كما

تلهو به ايدي الندم

تلهو به ايدي الندم

Hope toys with him, just as

Looking around him, deaf despair frightens him

the hands of regret toy with him.

Remembering the language in which melody stirs his lament

متلفتاً عن جانبيـ

متلفتاً عن جانبيـ

ـه يخيفه يأس أصم

ـه يخيفه يأس أصم

Looking about on either side,

He walks bowed down to the ground, pain pushes him

he is frightened by deaf despair,

How many nights overflowed with the tears of sorrow like blood

متذكراً لغة يحر

متذكراً لغة يحر

ك شجوه منها النغم

ك شجوه منها النغم

remembering a language whose

And sorrow is stirred in him during the night by the specter of pain

melody stirs his sorrow.

He did not forget the home of love though he owes it condemnation

يمشى الهوينا مطرقاً

يمشى الهوينا مطرقاً

للأرض يدفعه الألم

للأرض يدفعه الألم

He walks slowly, his head bowed

And he sees grim realities while joy seems like a dream

toward the ground, driven by pain.

And from excessive sorrow he imagines that existence is nothingness

كم ليلة فاضت دمو

كم ليلة فاضت دمو

ع الحزن منه كالديم

ع الحزن منه كالديم

How many a night have tears poured

from him in sorrow, like steady rain!

ويهيجه في ليله

ويهيجه في ليله

من وجده طيف ألم

من وجده طيف ألم

And in his night he is stirred

by a visiting phantom, because of his longing.

لم ينس دار الحب إذ

لم ينس دار الحب إذ

لدياره تلك الذمم

لدياره تلك الذمم

He has not forgotten love's abode, for

those obligations bind him to his home.

ويرى الحقائق عابسا

ويرى الحقائق عابسا

ت والمسرة كالحلم

ت والمسرة كالحلم

And he sees realities frowning,

and joy like a dream.

ويخال من فرط الأسى

ويخال من فرط الأسى

أن الوجود هو العدم

أن الوجود هو العدم

And from excess of sorrow he imagines

that existence itself is nothingness.