أَنا إِن لَم يُدافِعِ اللَهُ عَنّي

أَنا إِن لَم يُدافِعِ اللَهُ عَنّي

مَيِّتٌ مِن هَواكَ يا إِنسانُ

مَيِّتٌ مِن هَواكَ يا إِنسانُ

I, if God does not defend me,

If God does not defend me from your love,

will die of love for you, O human being.

I am dead, O man!

لَيتَني وَالمُنى قَليلٌ غَناها

لَيتَني وَالمُنى قَليلٌ غَناها

عَن مُحِبٍ تَشُفُّهُ الأَحزانُ

عَن مُحِبٍ تَشُفُّهُ الأَحزانُ

Would that I—and wishes are of little avail

Would that I and wishes had gained,

to a lover whom sorrows wear thin—

A little, to console a lover whom sorrows torment,

مُتُّ مِن قَبلِ أَن أَراكَ وَأَن يَظ

مُتُّ مِن قَبلِ أَن أَراكَ وَأَن يَظ

هَرَ لي مِنكَ سَيِّدي الهِجرانُ

هَرَ لي مِنكَ سَيِّدي الهِجرانُ

had died before seeing you, and before

I die before seeing you, and before

your estrangement became apparent to me, my lord.

Your abandonment of me appears, my master.