1. حرَّك الوجدُ في هُواكم سُكوني

    وعليكم عَواذِلي عنَّفوني

    In my love for you, longing has stirred my stillness.

    And my reproachers have rebuked me because of you.

  2. خلَّفوني في الحيِّ مَيْتاً طريحاً

    وعلى النَّوم بعدَهم حلَّفوني

    They left me lying dead in the encampment,

    and made me forswear sleep after their departure.

  3. كان ظَنِّي رجوعهُم لي قرِيباً

    فانْقضَت مُدَّتي وخابت ظُنوني

    I thought their return to me was near,

    but my allotted span ended, and my hopes proved vain.

  4. أنا إِنْ مِتُّ في هَواكم قتيلاً

    بدُموعِي بحقِّكم غسِّلوني

    If I die, slain in love for you,

    wash me with my tears, I beg you by your honor.

  5. ثم نادوا الصَّلاة هذا محِبّ

    ماتَ ما بين لوْعةٍ وشُجونٍ

    Then call out: “To prayer! This is a lover

    who died amid burning anguish and sorrow.”

  6. ولرَوْضِ العُشَّاقِ سيروا بنَعْشي

    فهُمو جيرَتي بهم أنْعِشوني

    And bear my bier to the lovers’ garden,

    for they are my neighbors; through them, revive me.

  7. يا غريبَ النَّقا لقد جرَّعوني

    بالصُّدود كاس الرَّدى والمنونِ

    O stranger of al-Naqa, they have indeed made me drink

    the cup of death and doom through rejection.

  8. ارحموا من قضى جَوى في هَواكم

    وقِفوا عند رَوْضتي بالحجونِ

    Have mercy on one who died of heartache for love of you,

    and stand beside my garden at al-Hajun.

  9. واسمحوا للمَزارِ بالرُّوح إِنِّي

    في نَعيم إِن أنتمُ زُرتموني

    And grace the shrine with your spirit, for I am

    in bliss if you visit me.

  10. واشرحوا للوَرى قضِية حالي

    فعسى عنْد شرحِها يَرْحموني

    And tell humankind the story of my plight;

    then perhaps, when it is explained, they will have mercy on me.