1. Fate has surrendered me to sorrow's grasp
When the one who would return me to my calm decreed

2. And cast the remainder of my hopes with his arrow
So I fell, deadened, from my own eyes

3. And bid farewell to the melody of songs in my ears
And inclined toward oblivion for my grief over you, grandmother

4. You who were all that life left behind
Of love, joy, and passions

5. A hope appeared, so it inspired me,
But its lights soon faded with my yearning

6. I've lost the loving mother, so forgetfulness has abandoned me
My affliction at the loss of the merciful, tender mother

7. How much illness you endured in your life
My heart wishes it had stricken me instead

8. Twisting in the deathbed
Disappearing into the agony of moaning

9. And crying copious tears
Roaming the seas of years

10. Then the ship returned after wandering
Empty, the disgraced wreck

11. Leaving its sweet songs
Drowned in the waters without an echo

12. Oh what a night when the soul returned
To its Lord and the world of certainty

13. Every affection was alarmed at her loss
And thought languished upon the breast of grief

14. Dawn broke, carrying between its palms
A blaze whose torture burns me

15. It came afterwards, intending departure
With no hope to meet it with yearning

16. They carried her bier while we stood confused
And plentiful tears filled our eyes

17. O grave, be merciful to her
As she nurtured the orphans with tenderness

18. O heart, do not blame my left side
Though my right hand commits sins

19. Do not blame me, for God has not taught me
That I could wish for destiny to come to me

20. And why death and time
That robs what you aspire beyond this protectedness

21. Grandmother, to whom can I complain after you?
Sorrow has smothered me and silenced my support

22. You, who opened your heart with love yesterday
And closed your grave to me today

23. It is little for me to shed tears
And let the length of my moaning decide my fate

24. I wish I had never seen you before
And never received your tender affection

25. Oh, if only you hadn't accustomed me to affection
Oh, if only I didn't exist or you didn't exist