أيا دمعَ عيني ما الذي أنتَ صانِعُ

أيا دمعَ عيني ما الذي أنتَ صانِعُ

تردد في خدي كأنكَ راجِعُ

تردد في خدي كأنكَ راجِعُ

O tears of my eye, what are you doing?

O my tears, what is it that you are doing

You waver on my cheek as though you were turning back.

Wandering on my cheeks as if you were coming back

ويا سُقمَ جِسمي قل لطرفٍ حكيتَه

ويا سُقمَ جِسمي قل لطرفٍ حكيتَه

ألا هل لِمن أعديتَ عندَكَ شافِعُ

ألا هل لِمن أعديتَ عندَكَ شافِعُ

And O sickness of my body, say to an eye you have imitated:

And O my body's illness, say to the one whose story you told

Ah, is there an intercessor with you for the one you have infected?

Is there for the one you wronged a reconciler with you

ويا زهرةَ الدنيا وبهجةَ حسنِها

ويا زهرةَ الدنيا وبهجةَ حسنِها

ومن أنا منهُ بالأماني قانِعُ

ومن أنا منهُ بالأماني قانِعُ

And O flower of the world and splendor of its beauty,

And O flower of the world and joy of its beauty

And you, from whom I am content with hopes alone,

And who am I to be satisfied with it through wishes

عزيزٌ على عينيَّ أن ينطق البُكا

عزيزٌ على عينيَّ أن ينطق البُكا

بسلواك فأفهم ما تقول المدامِعُ

بسلواك فأفهم ما تقول المدامِعُ

It pains my eyes that weeping should speak

It is hard on my eyes when crying speaks

Of forgetting you; so understand what the weeping eyes say.

Of your absence, so I understand what falling tears say