1. فَإِن تَكُ عَيني خَبا نورها

    فَكَم قَبلَها نورُ عين خبا

    If my eye's light has faded,

    how many an eye's light has faded before it!

  2. فَلَم يعمَ قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما

    أَرى نور عيني إِلَيهِ سرى

    Yet my heart has not gone blind; rather,

    I see my eye's light has passed into it

  3. فأسرج فيه إِلى نوره

    سراحاً مِن العلمَ يَشفي العمى

    and kindled within it, alongside its own light,

    [a lamp] of knowledge that heals blindness.