1. I will weep for myself, and I have the right to do so,
O eyes, do not be stingy with my tears!

2. I will weep for the loss of youth, for old age
Has called to leave this world and its abode.

3. I will weep for myself, and it will bring me joy
To have weary eyes that weep at our parting.

4. I will weep for myself, and it will delight me
To have my family and loved ones around.

5. I will weep and those close to me will weep with me,
My confidants and brothers until death.

6. I will weep, for the time to depart has come,
To the house of seclusion from this world and its loneliness.

7. O house, the house of return, o house of my isolation,
O house, the house of return, o house of my estrangement!

8. O house, the house of my wishes, away from all I trust,
O house, the house of return, o house of my desolation!

9. O my remote refuge, o my fearful arising,
O my narrow resting place, o the breadth of my misery!

10. O eyes, how many unshed tears will I have
If I ever benefit from my weeping one day?

11. O eyes, be sleepless if you wish or let me be,
For time has ended my liveliness.

12. O my anguish, on the day when I have no neighbor who is righteous
Nor a master except Allah to relieve my anguish!

13. A day when I will stare wide-eyed
As death's intoxication overtakes me,

14. When the worries of my fate are personified before me
And I moan again from the pain.