دوَما نَزَحَت لِلعَينِ بَعدَكِ عَبرَةٌ

دوَما نَزَحَت لِلعَينِ بَعدَكِ عَبرَةٌ

إِذا اِنحَدَرَت قادَت لَها أَخَواتِ

إِذا اِنحَدَرَت قادَت لَها أَخَواتِ

Ever since you left, a tear has continually welled in my eye;

Since you left, a tear keeps flowing from my eye.

whenever it falls, it leads its sisters after it.

Whenever it falls, it draws its sisters after it.

وَأَستَرزِقُ الرَحمَن لِلعَينِ نَظرَةً

وَأَستَرزِقُ الرَحمَن لِلعَينِ نَظرَةً

إِلَيكِ تُداويها مِنَ العَبَراتِ

إِلَيكِ تُداويها مِنَ العَبَراتِ

And I seek from the All-Merciful, as provision for my eye, one glance

And I ask the Most Merciful to grant my eye a glance

toward you, to heal it of its tears.

at you, to heal it of its tears.

فَإِن مُتُّ بِالشَوقِ الَّذي بي إِلَيكُمُ

فَإِن مُتُّ بِالشَوقِ الَّذي بي إِلَيكُمُ

فَتِلكَ لَعَمري حَسرَةُ الحَسَراتِ

فَتِلكَ لَعَمري حَسرَةُ الحَسَراتِ

If I should die of the longing within me for you,

So if I die of the longing within me for you,

then that—by my life—would be the anguish of all anguishes.

then that, by my life, is the sorrow of sorrows.