أَلا أَيُّها البَيتُ الَّذي أَنا هاجِرُه

أَلا أَيُّها البَيتُ الَّذي أَنا هاجِرُه

وَإِنّي بِتِلماحٍ مِنَ الطَرفِ ناظِرُه

وَإِنّي بِتِلماحٍ مِنَ الطَرفِ ناظِرُه

Ah, O house that I am forsaking,

O house which I am leaving as an emigrant,

Yet I watch it with a fleeting glance of the eye.

Though I glance at you with a fluttering eye.

لَهَنَّكَ مِن بَيتٍ إِلَيَّ لَمونِقٌ

لَهَنَّكَ مِن بَيتٍ إِلَيَّ لَمونِقٌ

وَآنِقُ مِن عَيني مِنَ البَيتِ عامِرُه

وَآنِقُ مِن عَيني مِنَ البَيتِ عامِرُه

You are indeed a delightful house to me,

You attract me like a sweetheart to her lover,

And to my eye, its dweller is more delightful than the house.

And the resident of an eye is drawn to you.

أَصُدُّ حَياءً أَن يَلِجَّ بِها الهَوى

أَصُدُّ حَياءً أَن يَلِجَّ بِها الهَوى

وَأَنتِ المُنى لَولا عَدوٌّ أُحاذِرُه

وَأَنتِ المُنى لَولا عَدوٌّ أُحاذِرُه

I turn away in modesty, lest passion for her grow insistent;

I restrain my love for fear it would betray me.

And you are all I long for, but for an enemy I fear.

You are my wish - if not for an enemy I dread.

وَفيكَ حَبيبُ النَفسِ لَو نَستَطيعُهُ

وَفيكَ حَبيبُ النَفسِ لَو نَستَطيعُهُ

لَماتَ الهَوى وَالشَوقُ حينَ تُجاوِرُه

لَماتَ الهَوى وَالشَوقُ حينَ تُجاوِرُه

And within you is my soul's beloved; if we could reach her,

In you is the loved one of my soul if I could attain him.

Passion and longing would die when you dwelt beside her.

Then love and longing would die when neighbors.

فَإِن يَكُنِ الأَعداءُ أَحمَوا كَلامَهُ

فَإِن يَكُنِ الأَعداءُ أَحمَوا كَلامَهُ

عَلَينا فَلَم تُحمَ عَنّا مَناظِرُه

عَلَينا فَلَم تُحمَ عَنّا مَناظِرُه

For if the enemies have forbidden speech with her

If enemies have protected their words from us,

To us, they have not kept the sight of her from us.

Their looks have not protected us.

أَتَهجُرُ بَيتاً بِالحِجازِ تَلَعَّبَت

أَتَهجُرُ بَيتاً بِالحِجازِ تَلَعَّبَت

بِهِ الحَربُ وَالأَعداءُ أَم أَنتَ زائِرُه

بِهِ الحَربُ وَالأَعداءُ أَم أَنتَ زائِرُه

Will you forsake a house in the Hijaz, toyed with

Shall I abandon a house in Hejaz toyed with

By war and enemies, or will you visit it?

By wars and enemies, or are you its visitor?

فَإِن آتِهِ لَم أَنجِ إِلّا بِظَنِّهِ

فَإِن آتِهِ لَم أَنجِ إِلّا بِظَنِّهِ

وَإِن يَأتِهِ غَيري تُنَط بي جَرائِرُه

وَإِن يَأتِهِ غَيري تُنَط بي جَرائِرُه

For if I visit it, I escape only under his suspicion;

If I come to it, I will attain only through its favor.

And if someone else visits it, his misdeeds are pinned on me.

If another comes to it, its perils will ensnare me.