ما لِقَلبي غَرَضٌ في أَحَدِ

ما لِقَلبي غَرَضٌ في أَحَدِ

منذُ بانَت قِطعَةٌ مِن كَبِدي

منذُ بانَت قِطعَةٌ مِن كَبِدي

My heart has no desire for anyone,

My heart has no desire for anyone

Since a piece of my liver departed.

Since a piece of my liver became separated

كَيفَ لي عَينٌ تَرى غَيرَ الَّتي

كَيفَ لي عَينٌ تَرى غَيرَ الَّتي

هِيَ روحي ذَهَبَت مِن جَسَدي

هِيَ روحي ذَهَبَت مِن جَسَدي

How can I have an eye that sees anyone but the one

How can I have an eye that sees other than her

Who is my soul, gone from my body?

Who was my soul that left my body

درةٌ بَيضاءُ حَلَّت مُهجَتي

درةٌ بَيضاءُ حَلَّت مُهجَتي

خُطِفَت مِنّي فَأوهَت جَلَدِي

خُطِفَت مِنّي فَأوهَت جَلَدِي

A white pearl that dwelt in my heart

A white pearl settled in my mind

Was snatched from me and so sapped my endurance.

Snatched from me, so my skin sighed

إِنَّ عَيني مِثلُ عَينٍ ثَرّةٍ

إِنَّ عَيني مِثلُ عَينٍ ثَرّةٍ

إِن نَزَحتَ الماءَ مِنها تَزِدِ

إِن نَزَحتَ الماءَ مِنها تَزِدِ

Indeed, my eye is like a gushing spring:

Indeed my eye is like a plentiful spring

If you draw water from it, it increases.

If you drain the water from it, it overflows

وَفُؤادي شَفَّهُ الحُزنُ فَما

وَفُؤادي شَفَّهُ الحُزنُ فَما

هُوَ إِلّا دائِماً في نَكَدِ

هُوَ إِلّا دائِماً في نَكَدِ

And grief has worn my heart away, so

And my heart's lips, sadness chapped them

It is forever in nothing but misery.

It is nothing but always in melancholy

أَرقبُ المَوتَ وَأستبطئُهُ

أَرقبُ المَوتَ وَأستبطئُهُ

لَيلَةَ اليَومِ أَتى أَو في غَدِ

لَيلَةَ اليَومِ أَتى أَو في غَدِ

I await death and find it slow in coming,

I await death and wish it to hurry

Whether it comes tonight or tomorrow.

The night of today or tomorrow it comes