فِداؤُكَ مَن يَشكُو إلى اللَّهِ نَزْلةً

فِداؤُكَ مَن يَشكُو إلى اللَّهِ نَزْلةً

ذكَرْتُ بِها ما أُنزِلَ من حَظِّي

ذكَرْتُ بِها ما أُنزِلَ من حَظِّي

May he who complains to God of a cold be your ransom.

Your ransom is he who complains to God of an affliction

Through it I recalled how my fortune had been brought low.

I recalled through it what was sent down as my fortune

وَفي كُلِّ عُضْوٍ لي لِسَانُ شِكايَةٍ

وَفي كُلِّ عُضْوٍ لي لِسَانُ شِكايَةٍ

يُحَدِّثُ بِالمَعْنى فَيُغني عنِ اللَّفظِ

يُحَدِّثُ بِالمَعْنى فَيُغني عنِ اللَّفظِ

And in every limb of mine is a tongue of complaint,

And in every limb I have a tongue of complaint

Speaking through meaning, and so dispensing with words.

That speaks of the meaning, making words unnecessary