1. O Lord, my sickness has been so long
To whom can I turn when no dove comes with balm?

2. In the valley of tears I dwell
Consumed by grief beyond qualm

3. From love I hope for healing
May it cure all that causes harm

4. The heart is home to infinity
It holds nothing but charm

5. Release it, O Lord, to find
Love in the home of peace

6. I came into being aimlessly
With no path ahead or sheikh to lead

7. I walk as a traveller walks
Beneath the skirts of darkness

8. In a dilemma, knowing not
Where this road begins or ceases

9. The cliff of life crumbled under me
And I fell to a pit most vile

10. Time brought what it had promised
Of calamities and bones in pile

11. Evils that struck with the force
Of arrows flying, mile on mile

12. I found people whose sole pursuit
Was discord and hostility

13. Who understood not in life
The meaning of harmony

14. They were created like rams
To clash and collide

15. I saw my hopes were but a ray
That flew in the crowds and died

16. I learned that worldly bliss
Is but to cheat and feign

17. My noble nature refused
To befriend those base and vain

18. I was to them an outlier
With whom they felt no bond

19. If I died, no lover would weep
If I lived, there’d be no smile fond

20. I cried but do you know
How plentiful my tears undammed?

21. I regretted that I gained not
What I hoped for nor fulfilled my dream

22. I regretted like an outcast
The home I left, garden of delight

23. The dwelling place of my noble ancestors
And abode of friends so bright

24. I envied the bird's fledgling
As it nestled in its mother's wing

25. And the earth's dust as from it
The branch's mate began to spring

26. And the breath of the soft night breeze
Laden with the fruit's perfume

27. And the flowers of the garden
As they shyly donned their costume

28. All of creation seems too narrow
I find no place to make my home

29. My states change rapidly
Like a dream that comes and goes

30. All that remains of my body
Is what worry and toil did not consume

31. A soul tossed by oblivion
To a tomb of dry bones

32. I have lost all hope
Shall I return or is this my doom?

33. Whoever fears utter misery
Cannot be blamed

34. My Lord, Your forgiveness, I implore
O Lord of all people

35. When will I die and find rest
And this illness come to its close?

36. In my grave I will bid the world
And those in it goodbye and peace