أيبسْتَ أفئدةً بالحزنِ يا خضْرُ

أيبسْتَ أفئدةً بالحزنِ يا خضْرُ

فالدمعُ يسقيكَ إنْ لمْ يسقِكَ المطرُ

فالدمعُ يسقيكَ إنْ لمْ يسقِكَ المطرُ

You have withered hearts with sorrow, O Khaḍir;

You have dried up hearts with sorrow, O Khidr.

so tears will water you, if the rain does not.

So tears water you if the rain does not water you.

منها خلقْتَ فلمْ يسمحْ زمانُكَ أنْ

منها خلقْتَ فلمْ يسمحْ زمانُكَ أنْ

يشينَ حسنَكَ فيهِ الشيبُ والكبرُ

يشينَ حسنَكَ فيهِ الشيبُ والكبرُ

From earth you were created; your lifetime did not permit

From them you were created, and your lifetime did not allow

gray hair and old age to mar your beauty within it.

gray hair and old age to mar your beauty within it.

فإنْ رُددتَ فما في الردِّ منقصةٌ

فإنْ رُددتَ فما في الردِّ منقصةٌ

عليكَ قدْ ردَّ موسى قبلُ والخِضرُ

عليكَ قدْ ردَّ موسى قبلُ والخِضرُ

And if to earth you have been returned, that return reflects no shame

So if you were turned away, there is no disgrace in being turned away

on you: Moses and al-Khidr were returned before.

for you; Moses and al-Khidr were turned away before.