أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ أَنَّ الدَمعَ قَد نَفِدا

أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ أَنَّ الدَمعَ قَد نَفِدا

وَأَنَّني هالِكٌ مِن حُبِّكُم كَمَدا

وَأَنَّني هالِكٌ مِن حُبِّكُم كَمَدا

I complain to God that my tears have run dry,

I complain to God that my tears have run out

and that I am dying of grief from loving you,

And that I am destroyed by your love completely

وَأَنَّ عَينِيَ في لَيلٍ مُسَهَّدَةٌ

وَأَنَّ عَينِيَ في لَيلٍ مُسَهَّدَةٌ

فَلَستُ أَرقُدُ فيهِ مِثلَ مَن رَقَدا

فَلَستُ أَرقُدُ فيهِ مِثلَ مَن رَقَدا

and that my eye is kept sleepless at night;

And that my eyes in the night lie sleepless

so I do not sleep that night as others do.

So I do not rest in it like one who has rested

قالوا الفِراقُ غَداً لا شَكَّ قُلتُ لَهُم

قالوا الفِراقُ غَداً لا شَكَّ قُلتُ لَهُم

بَل مَوتُ نَفسِيَ مِن قَبلِ الفِراقِ غَدا

بَل مَوتُ نَفسِيَ مِن قَبلِ الفِراقِ غَدا

They said, “Parting is tomorrow, without doubt.” I told them:

They said separation tomorrow without doubt I said to them

“Rather, my soul will die tomorrow, before the parting.”

Rather the death of my soul before separation tomorrow

إِنّي إِذاً لَصَبورٌ إِن بَقيتُ وَقَد

إِنّي إِذاً لَصَبورٌ إِن بَقيتُ وَقَد

قالوا الرَحيلَ وَإِن لَم يَرحَلوا أَبَدا

قالوا الرَحيلَ وَإِن لَم يَرحَلوا أَبَدا

I must indeed be very patient, then, if I live on after

So I am patient if I remain when they have said departure

they have announced departure—even if they never depart.

Even if they do not depart ever