يا عينُ سحِّي بالدموع رَذاذا

يا عينُ سحِّي بالدموع رَذاذا

فالقلبُ صيّره الأسى أفلاذا

فالقلبُ صيّره الأسى أفلاذا

O eye, pour forth tears in a spray,

O eye, spill tears like a drizzle

For sorrow has reduced the heart to pieces,

For sorrow has made my heart as offspring

لما تأمّل سيداً من دونه ال

لما تأمّل سيداً من دونه ال

أسيادُ طرّاً عاريّاً شحاذا

أسيادُ طرّاً عاريّاً شحاذا

When it beheld a lord beneath whom stand the

When it saw a master without whom there are no

Lords, one and all—himself naked, a beggar—

Other masters, bare and begging

وأَقلَّ عودَ صليبِه في كِتْفِه

وأَقلَّ عودَ صليبِه في كِتْفِه

للصلب طوعاً لا يقول لماذا

للصلب طوعاً لا يقول لماذا

And he bore the wood of his cross upon his shoulder,

And he carried the wood of his cross on his shoulder

For crucifixion, willingly, never asking why.

To the crucifixion willingly, not saying why

وبناتُ صهيون الشقيةِ خلفه

وبناتُ صهيون الشقيةِ خلفه

يندبْنَه بتوجعٍ قد آذى

يندبْنَه بتوجعٍ قد آذى

And the daughters of afflicted Zion, behind him,

And the daughters of wretched Zion behind him

Lamented him with anguish that caused pain,

Mourn him with agonizing pain that hurt

حتى انتهى وعناهُ أوهى جسمَه

حتى انتهى وعناهُ أوهى جسمَه

وهناك كان الآمرَ النفّاذا

وهناك كان الآمرَ النفّاذا

Until he arrived, his suffering having weakened his body;

Until he ended up, and his body failed him

And there he was the commander whose word prevailed.

And there was the decisive command