يا ويحَ من أصبح في غُمَّةٍ

يا ويحَ من أصبح في غُمَّةٍ

ليس له من كربها مخرَجُ

ليس له من كربها مخرَجُ

Alas for one who awakens in anguish,

Oh woe to him who wakes in gloom

with no escape from its distress.

With no escape from his distress-

فروحُهُ تُزعَجُ عن جسمه

فروحُهُ تُزعَجُ عن جسمه

وجسمُه عن بيته يُزعجُ

وجسمُه عن بيته يُزعجُ

So his soul is driven from his body,

His spirit troubled, torn from his flesh,

and his body is driven from his home.

His body banished from its rest.