رَعى اللَهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْعَ لي ما رَعَيْتُهُ

رَعى اللَهُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرْعَ لي ما رَعَيْتُهُ

وإِنْ كانَ في كَفِّ المَنِيَّةِ مُودِعي

وإِنْ كانَ في كَفِّ المَنِيَّةِ مُودِعي

May God protect the one who did not preserve for me what I preserved for him,

May God have mercy on those who did not tend to me as I tended to them

Even if he consigns me to the hand of death.

And if my end is in the palm of death

فَيا أَسَفي زِدْني عَلَيهِ تأَسُّفاً

فَيا أَسَفي زِدْني عَلَيهِ تأَسُّفاً

وَيا كَبِدي وَجْداً عَلَيْهِ تَقَطَّعي

وَيا كَبِدي وَجْداً عَلَيْهِ تَقَطَّعي

So, O my sorrow, increase my sorrow over him,

Oh my sorrow, increase my sorrow for it

And, O my liver, tear yourself apart with longing for him.

Oh my liver, burst with anguish over it

وَإِنِّي لَمُشْتاقٌ إِلى مَنْ أُحِبُّهُ

وَإِنِّي لَمُشْتاقٌ إِلى مَنْ أُحِبُّهُ

فَلا مَعَهُ شَوْقي وَلا صَبْرُهُ مَعي

فَلا مَعَهُ شَوْقي وَلا صَبْرُهُ مَعي

And indeed I yearn for the one I love,

For I long for those I love

So my longing is not with him, nor is his patience with me.

My longing is not with them, nor is their patience with me