1. يا مانِعي قُوتَ جسْمِي

    ومانعي قَوتَ رُوحي

    O you who deny me my body's sustenance,

    and deny me my soul's sustenance,

  2. منعتني من سَلامي

    عليكَ حين صَبُوحِي

    you kept me from offering my greeting

    to you at my morning draught,

  3. ومن سُرُوحِيَ فيمَا

    تُنيلُ حين سُرُوحِي

    and from my grazing on what

    you bestow when I go forth.

  4. جَرَحْتَ حالي وقد كُنْـ

    ـتَ آسياً لجُرُوحي

    You wounded my condition, though you had

    been a healer of my wounds.