وَقَد جِئتُ الطَبيبَ لِسُقمِ نَفسي

وَقَد جِئتُ الطَبيبَ لِسُقمِ نَفسي

لِيَشفِيَها الطَبيبُ فَما شَفَاها

لِيَشفِيَها الطَبيبُ فَما شَفَاها

And indeed I came to the physician for my soul’s sickness,

I came to the doctor for the sickness of my soul

So that the physician might heal it, but he did not heal it.

For him to cure it, yet he did not cure it

وَكُنتُ إِذا سَمِعتُ بِأَرضِ سُعدى

وَكُنتُ إِذا سَمِعتُ بِأَرضِ سُعدى

شَفانِي مِن سَقاميَ أَن أَراها

شَفانِي مِن سَقاميَ أَن أَراها

And whenever I heard of the land of Suʿdā,

And whenever I heard of the land of bliss

Seeing her would cure me of my illness.

It cured me of my sickness just to see it

فَمن هَذا الطَبيبُ لِسُقمِ نَفسي

فَمن هَذا الطَبيبُ لِسُقمِ نَفسي

سِوى سُعدى إِذا شَحَطَت نَواها

سِوى سُعدى إِذا شَحَطَت نَواها

So who is this physician for my soul’s sickness,

So who is this doctor for the sickness of my soul

Other than Suʿdā, when her abode lies far away?

Except for bliss, when its breeze blows