1. O darkness of the eye, O spirit of the body
O spring of the heart, O blissful support

2. You were the delight of my eye and in you
My heart was immersed, not in wealth or children

3. So time cast arrows at my eyes
Since you left, I see nothing in them

4. Does anything please the eye after you?
No, by the Lord of the house, in jest or earnest

5. Since you left, you have melted my core
And my overflowing tears from anguish

6. So patience is lost but longing remains
I don't see it fading, ever

7. What was moist and lush has withered
The bone has wasted but skin remains

8. Since you hid from me, my joy hid
Nothing gladdens the heart anymore

9. So without you my life, since you left
Is like a metaphor to me, receding

10. Long has my night been, O beloved
None knows my state but the Eternal, the Absolute

11. How I call out at dawn,
"Good morning, is it a mirage I see?"

12. So the soul returns to the body, and
"Mustafa, is there a cure for anguish?"

13. The love of Hussein has exhausted me
God's decree in the heart cannot be reversed

14. Can time be generous after intention
And bring near one dead, departed and gone?

15. So if all I hoped for is complete
My humanity and soul return to my body

16. O kin, near the father you are
My treasure, my hoard, my support

17. Be as you were before
Ancestors whose efforts never fail

18. When I come to you, be generous
When I turn away, show affection

19. And upon you many a beautiful
Blessing, unending

20. Including all loved ones who have withered
Every love for me is friendship and intimacy.