بَكَيتُ الدُموعَ فَلَمّا اِنقَضَت

بَكَيتُ الدُموعَ فَلَمّا اِنقَضَت

بَكَيتُ الدِماءَ بِها مُعوِلا

بَكَيتُ الدِماءَ بِها مُعوِلا

I wept tears, and when they ran out,

I cried tears until they were gone

I wept blood through my eye, wailing.

Then I cried blood in their stead

فَأَفنَيتُ دَمعي بِطولِ البُكا

فَأَفنَيتُ دَمعي بِطولِ البُكا

فَما تَقدِرُ العَينُ أَن تَهمُلا

فَما تَقدِرُ العَينُ أَن تَهمُلا

So I exhausted my tears through prolonged weeping,

I exhausted my tears with much weeping

and the eye can no longer shed tears.

Yet my eyes cannot neglect their duty

كَأَنَّ الهَوى لَم يَجِد لِلبَلا

كَأَنَّ الهَوى لَم يَجِد لِلبَلا

ءِ في صَدرِ غَيري لَهُ مَدَخَلا

ءِ في صَدرِ غَيري لَهُ مَدَخَلا

As though love had found no way for affliction

As if heartbreak could find no other

to enter any breast but mine.

In which to make its dwelling

سَأَستَمطِرُ العَينَ إِن أَمسَكَت

سَأَستَمطِرُ العَينَ إِن أَمسَكَت

فَإِنَّ شِفائي أَن تُسبِلا

فَإِنَّ شِفائي أَن تُسبِلا

I shall beg my eye for rain if it holds back,

I will make my eyes rain if they hold back

for my healing lies in its pouring forth tears.

For my cure is that they flow