أَمَلْتُ رَجَائِي فِي غَدٍ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ

أَمَلْتُ رَجَائِي فِي غَدٍ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ

فَمَا جَاءَ حَتَّى طَالَ حُزْنِي عَلَى أَمْسِي

فَمَا جَاءَ حَتَّى طَالَ حُزْنِي عَلَى أَمْسِي

I set my hope in tomorrow and awaited it.

I placed my hopes in tomorrow, so I awaited it

But it did not come until my sorrow over my yesterday had grown long.

Yet it did not come until my sorrow for yesterday grew long

وَقَلَّبْتُ أَمْرِي فِيكَ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَتْ

وَقَلَّبْتُ أَمْرِي فِيكَ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَتْ

وَسَائِلُ مَا آتِي بَكَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي

وَسَائِلُ مَا آتِي بَكَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي

And I pondered my affairs concerning you until, when there were no more

And I turned my matter over to you until, when

Means for what I would undertake, I wept for myself.

The ways I might come to you were finished, I wept for myself