1. إِن تَكُ لُبنى قَد أَتى دونَ قَربِها

    حِجابٌ مَنيعٌ ما إِلَيهِ سَبيلُ

    If nearness to Lubna has been barred

    by an impregnable barrier with no way through,

  2. فَإِنَّ نَسيمَ الجَوِّ يَجمَعُ بَينَنا

    وَنُبصِرُ قَرنَ الشَمسِ حينَ تَزولُ

    still the breeze of the air brings us together,

    and we see the sun’s rim as it declines.

  3. وَأَرواحُنا بِاللَيلِ في الحَيِّ تَلتَقي

    وَنَعلَمُ أَنّا بِالنَهارِ نَقيلُ

    And our souls meet at night in the encampment,

    and we know that by day we take our midday rest.

  4. وَتَجمَعُنا الأَرضُ القَرارُ وَفَوقَنا

    سَماءٌ نَرى فيها النُجومَ تَجولُ

    And the earth, our resting place, gathers us, and above us

    is a sky in which we see the stars roam,

  5. إِلى أَن يَعودَ الدَهرُ سَلماً وَتَنقَضي

    تِراتٌ بَغاها عِندَنا وَذُحولُ

    until time is peaceful again, and an end comes to

    the grudges it has pursued against us, and the blood-feuds.