النومُ عن جفني طريحٌ طريدْ

النومُ عن جفني طريحٌ طريدْ

والصبرُ عن قلبي قصيٌّ بعيدْ

والصبرُ عن قلبي قصيٌّ بعيدْ

Sleep is cast out from my eyelid, driven away.

Sleep flees my eyelids, ever wakeful, ever wearied,

And patience is remote from my heart, far away.

And patience deserts my heart, wandering far from me.

يا مَنْ سبى بالنورِ شمسَ الضحى

يا مَنْ سبى بالنورِ شمسَ الضحى

قَلْبُ المعنَّى لم يكنْ بالحديدْ

قَلْبُ المعنَّى لم يكنْ بالحديدْ

O you who took the forenoon sun captive with your light,

O You who rose in splendor with the dawn's fair light,

The tormented lover's heart was not made of iron.

The heart of meaning was not forged from iron or steel.

القلبُ مني خالدٌ في أسى

القلبُ مني خالدٌ في أسى

وفي غرامٍ شابَ منهُ الوليدْ

وفي غرامٍ شابَ منهُ الوليدْ

My heart abides forever in sorrow,

My heart is eternal in sorrow for You,

And in a passion that has turned a newborn gray.

And in a passion that makes the newborn seem old.

وميتتي فيك حسينيةٌ

وميتتي فيك حسينيةٌ

ولي عذولٌ فوقَ ما بي يزيدْ

ولي عذولٌ فوقَ ما بي يزيدْ

And my death for you is like Husayn's,

In You, my death is a martyr's passion,

And I have a reproacher who adds still more to my suffering.

And more than all my being, it grows and spreads.