يا ليتَ أهلَ العقلَ إذ حُرِمُوا

يا ليتَ أهلَ العقلَ إذ حُرِمُوا

عُصِمُوا من الشهواتِ والفتنِ

عُصِمُوا من الشهواتِ والفتنِ

Oh, would that people of reason, when deprived,

If only the wise, when deprived

Were protected from desires and temptations.

Were protected from desires and trials

لكنهُمْ حُرِموا وما عُصِمُوا

لكنهُمْ حُرِموا وما عُصِمُوا

فقلوبُهُمْ مرضَى من الحَزَن

فقلوبُهُمْ مرضَى من الحَزَن

But they were deprived and were not protected,

But they were deprived and not protected

So their hearts are sick with sorrow.

So their hearts are sick with sorrow

وكأنّ أهلَ العقل إذْ خُلِقُوا

وكأنّ أهلَ العقل إذْ خُلِقُوا

وُقِفَتْ قلوبهمُ على المحنِ

وُقِفَتْ قلوبهمُ على المحنِ

And it is as though, when people of reason were created,

It's as if the wise, when created

Their hearts were set apart for tribulations.

Had their hearts destined for tribulations

وهمُ أحسُّ على بَلِيَّتِهمْ

وهمُ أحسُّ على بَلِيَّتِهمْ

من غيرِهم بمضاضةِ الغبن

من غيرِهم بمضاضةِ الغبن

And amid their affliction they are more keenly aware

And they feel their misfortune

Than others of the bitter sting of injustice.

More bitterly than others' injustice