بذَلتني للسقامِ والألمِ

بذَلتني للسقامِ والألمِ

فلو أردتُ المنامَ لم أنمِ

فلو أردتُ المنامَ لم أنمِ

You gave me over to sickness and pain.

You condemned me to sickness and pain

So if I wished for sleep, I would not sleep.

If I wanted to sleep, I could not sleep

أوحشتَ عيني من الرقادِ كما

أوحشتَ عيني من الرقادِ كما

كسَوتها عبرةً بدَت بدمِ

كسَوتها عبرةً بدَت بدمِ

You estranged my eye from slumber, just as

You made my eyes lonely without rest

You clothed it in a tear that came forth with blood.

As you adorned them with tears that appeared as blood

اللَه في مهجةٍ وفي بَدَنٍ

اللَه في مهجةٍ وفي بَدَنٍ

أصبح بين النحولِ والسقَمِ

أصبح بين النحولِ والسقَمِ

For God's sake, have mercy on a soul and a body

Oh God, in a soul and in a body

Now caught between wasting and sickness.

That has become between emaciation and illness

دامَ لقلبي هَواكَ يا أملِي

دامَ لقلبي هَواكَ يا أملِي

وإنَّ صَبري عليه لم يَدُمِ

وإنَّ صَبري عليه لم يَدُمِ

Love for you has endured in my heart, O my hope,

Your love endured in my heart, O my hope

Though my patience with it has not endured.

And yet my patience for it did not last