مَا طَابَ قَلْبِي وَلَا فُؤَادِي

مَا طَابَ قَلْبِي وَلَا فُؤَادِيمِنْ بَعْدِ مَا غِبْتُ عَنْ بِلَادِي

Mā ṭāba qalbī walā fuʾādī, Min baʿdi mā ghibtu ʿan bilādī

My heart and soul have found no joy since I went away from my homeland.

كَيْفَ السُّلُوُّ وَقَدْ تَنَاءَىعَنِّي حَبِيبِي مَعَ رُقَادِي

Kayfa as-suluwwu waqad tanāʾā, ʿannī ḥabībī maʿa ruqādī

How can I find solace, when my beloved has gone far from me, and my sleep with him?

لَا أَسْتَرِيحُ وَلَا يُدَانِيقَلْبِي السُّرُورُ مَعَ البِعَادِ

Lā astarīḥu walā yudānī, Qalbī as-surūru maʿa al-biʿādi

I find no rest, and joy does not come near my heart in distance.

وَلَا بَرِحْتُ حَلِيفَ حُزْنٍأُقَضِّي الوَقْتَ بِالنَّكَادِ

Walā bariḥtu ḥalīfa ḥuznin, Uqaḍḍī al-waqta bi-an-nakādi

I have never ceased to be sorrow's companion, spending my time in misery.

اللهُ يَشْفِي غَلِيلَ شَوْقِيبِرَشْفِيَ الثَّغْرَ مِنْ سُعَادِ

Allāhu yashfī ghalīla shawqī, Birashfiya ath-thaghra min suʿādi

May Allah heal the burning thirst of my longing by my sipping from Su'ad's lips,

وَحَطِّيَ الرَّحْلَ فِي حِمَاهَافِي خَيْرِ رَبْعٍ وَخَيْرِ نَادِي

Waḥaṭṭiya ar-raḥla fī ḥimāhā, Fī khayri rabʿin wakhayri nādī

And by my setting down my saddle in her sanctuary, in the best of dwellings and the best of gatherings,

وَفِتْيَةٍ مَا لَهُمْ هُمُومٌوَلَا الْتِفَاتٌ إِلَى العِبَادِ

Wafityatin mā lahum humūmun, Walā at-tifātun ilā al-ʿibādi

Among young men who have no worries, and pay no attention to people.

قَدْ جَرَّدُوا القَصْدَ حِينَ نُودُوابِخَلْعِ نَعْلٍ فِي خَيْرِ وَادِي

Qad jarradū al-qaṣda ḥīna nūdū, Bikhalʿi naʿlin fī khayri wādī

They made their aim single when they were called to take off their sandals in the best of valleys.

لِلَّهِ لِلَّهِ مِنْ رِجَالٍسَارُوا عَلَى مَنْهَجِ الرَّشَادِ

Lillāhi lillāhi min rijālin, Sārū ʿalā manhaji ar-rashādi

How wondrous, by Allah, are the men who travelled the road of right guidance,

حَتَّى انْتَهَوْا فِي العُلَا وَغَابُواعَنْ كُلِّ حَاضِرْ وَكُلِّ بَادِي

Ḥattā ntahaw fī al-ʿulā waghābū, ʿan kulli ḥāḍir wakulli bādī

Until they reached the heights and vanished from every townsman and every nomad!

يَا هَلْ لِقَلْبِي وَهَلْ لِرُوحِييَوْماً وُصُولٌ إِلَى المُرَادِ

Yā hal liqalbī wahal lirūḥī, Yawman wuṣūlun ilā al-murādi

Oh, will my heart and my spirit one day reach their desire?

وَهَلْ يَجُودُ الزَّمَانُ وَقْتاًبِالشُّرْبِ مِنْ مَنْهَلِ الوِدَادِ

Wahal yajūdu az-zamānu waqtan, Bi-ash-shurbi min manhali al-widādi

Will time be generous for a while, letting me drink from the spring of love,

مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تَنْقَضِي حَيَاتِيوَيَأْذَنَ العُمْرُ بِالنَّفَادِ

Min qabli an tanqaḍī ḥayātī, Wayaʾdhana al-ʿumru bi-an-nafādi

Before my life comes to an end, and my days announce that they have run out?

أَمُوتُ يَا سَادَتِي بَعِيداًعَنْكُمْ ظَمْآنَ الفُؤَادِ صَادِي

Amūtu yā sādatī baʿīdan, ʿankum ẓamʾāna al-fuʾādi ṣādī

I am dying, my masters, far from you, with a thirsting, parched heart.

حَاشَاكُمُ يَا حُلُولَ نَجْدٍمِنْ قَطْعِ مَنْ يَسْمَعُ المُنَادِي

Ḥāshākumu yā ḥulūla najdin, Min qaṭʿi man yasmaʿu al-munādī

Far be it from you, O dwellers of Najd, to cut off one who hears the caller,

وَيَتْرُكُ الكُلَّ فِي هَوَاكُمْوَلَا يُبَالِي بِمَنْ يُعَادِي

Wayatruku al-kulla fī hawākum, Walā yubālī biman yuʿādī

And leaves everything for love of you, caring nothing for whoever shows enmity.

إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو عَوَاطِفَ اللهِالمُحْسِنِ المُفْضِلِ الجَوَادِ

Innī laʾarjū ʿawāṭifa Allāhi, Al-muḥsini al-mufḍili al-jawādi

I hope for the kindnesses of Allah, the Benevolent, the Bountiful, the Generous.

سُبْحَانَهُ جَلَّ مِنْ كَرِيمٍقَدْ عَمَّ بِالفَضْلِ وَالأَيَادِي

Subḥānahu jalla min karīmin, Qad ʿamma bi-al-faḍli wa-al-ʾayādī

Glory be to Him, how majestic a Generous One, whose bounty and favours embrace all!