1. If Allah had ordained for me a request
That would cure my incurable illness,

2. I have no power over His decree, no
Strength but through Him the Exalted.

3. His reward, if I were patient, would be better,
How many gained through patience, how many attained.

4. I do not claim to have patience, for my heart
Was of rock and turned to change.

5. For my nation I was a leader, one who
Broke in my heart the arrows.

6. The pearls of my tears are my comfort
When they roll down the mountains.

7. Do not disobey me O time, do not blame me O
My eye, even if you frown at me intensely.

8. I met what toppled the pillar of my glory
And shook my right side and the left.

9. My crescent disappeared imperfectly
While I hoped it would be complete.

10. My nights then returned,
Prolonging my burning agony.

11. In you, sleeplessness stuck to my eyelid,
And I wish it would stick to my dreams.

12. They blamed me, so I said: in it is
The solace of the bereaved, miserable state.

13. The heart noticed where you are worn down,
And I became, without guidance, deluded.

14. The maidens blamed you saying:
"Sleep in comfort, you had a good life."

15. I hope, my master, that it would
Unload the heavy burdens from me.