الا راع قَلبي مِن سَلامِهِ اِن غَدا

الا راع قَلبي مِن سَلامِهِ اِن غَدا

غَراب عَلى غُصن من البابِ يَنعَب

غَراب عَلى غُصن من البابِ يَنعَب

Lo, my heart was startled by his greeting when, at dawn,

Alas my heart is troubled over his peacefulness if tomorrow

a crow upon a branch was cawing from the gate.

A raven on a branch by the door croaks

فَاِزجر ذاكَ البان بيناً مُواشكاً

فَاِزجر ذاكَ البان بيناً مُواشكاً

وَغُربَة دار ما تَدانى فَيَصقُب

وَغُربَة دار ما تَدانى فَيَصقُب

So read that bān-tree as an omen of imminent parting,

Then shoo away that howler drawing near

and a distant home that neither draws closer nor comes near.

And the estrangement of a house does not approach and get scorched