وَعِلَّةٍ لَم تَدَع قَلباً بِلا أَلَمٍ

وَعِلَّةٍ لَم تَدَع قَلباً بِلا أَلَمٍ

سَرَت إِلى طَلَبِ العَليا وَغارِبَها

سَرَت إِلى طَلَبِ العَليا وَغارِبَها

And an illness that left no heart without pain

A malady left no heart without pain

Spread to the quest for high honor and its summit.

It strove for the heights and their neighbors

هَل تُقبَلُ النَفسُ عَن نَفسٍ فَأَفدِيَهُ

هَل تُقبَلُ النَفسُ عَن نَفسٍ فَأَفدِيَهُ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ماتَغلو عَلَيَّ بِها

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ماتَغلو عَلَيَّ بِها

Is one soul accepted in place of another, so that I might ransom him?

Would the soul accept to ransom a soul so I ransom it

God knows you are not too costly for me at that price.

God knows what overwhelms me through it

لَئِن وَهَبتُكَ نَفساً لا نَظيرَ لَها

لَئِن وَهَبتُكَ نَفساً لا نَظيرَ لَها

فَما سَمَحتُ بِها إِلّا لِواهِبِها

فَما سَمَحتُ بِها إِلّا لِواهِبِها

If indeed I have given you a soul without equal,

If I gifted you a peerless soul

Then I have given it freely only to its giver.

I only allowed it for its Giver