1. Do you have mercy on the sick man
Neither prisoner nor slain?

2. His writhing has gone on
Through the long night’s cloud.

3. He herds the passing stars
From rising to setting

4. His guests are lost to him
And Wayfarers' sons bewail him.

5. His horses were lonely without him
On the day of battle in the melee,

6. The gatherings of lances are disrupted
And the swords unmuffled.

7. O You who relieve great sorrows
And reveal grievous afflictions,

8. Be strong for this weak man
And mighty for this abased one.

9. Draw him nigh to the sword of right guidance
In the shade of his gracious rule.

10. Have you not relieved the burdens
Of the son of Da'ud, the heavily laden?

11. I have not been solaced by him,
Despite my long service and agony.

12. God knows that he
Is my hope in this world and my desire.

13. If I have inclined unto his household
I have inclined unto reunion.

14. Neither in anger, nor lies,
Nor turning away, nor wearied.

15. O my support in disasters
And my shade at the resting-place!

16. Where is the love, the pact,
And the good you promised?

17. Be generous to my noble soul
And my burdened heart!

18. The lover cannot be blamed
If he does not incline to rejection.

19. He will go on in his loyalty
And turn away from slander and talk.