قد أتعبَ الهمُ قلبي

قد أتعبَ الهمُ قلبي

وشرّدَ الحزنُ نومي

وشرّدَ الحزنُ نومي

Anxiety has wearied my heart,

Worry has wearied my heart,

and grief has driven sleep from me.

and sorrow has driven away my sleep.

وسامني عنتُ الده

وسامني عنتُ الده

رِ وبعضَ ما سامَ قومي

رِ وبعضَ ما سامَ قومي

I have suffered time’s cruelty,

And time's hardship has afflicted me,

and some of what my people have suffered.

and so has some of what afflicted my people.

وقد أرى العيشَ لكن

وقد أرى العيشَ لكن

إلى لقا اللهِ صومي

إلى لقا اللهِ صومي

I may still behold life, but

And I may see life, yet

my fast lasts until I meet God.

my fast lasts until I meet God.

يخيفني الناسُ بالمو

يخيفني الناسُ بالمو

تِ ما على الناسِ لومي

تِ ما على الناسِ لومي

People frighten me with death,

People frighten me with death;

yet I do not blame them.

I lay no blame on people.

وكيفَ يخشى المنايا

وكيفَ يخشى المنايا

من ماتَ في كلِّ يومِ

من ماتَ في كلِّ يومِ

And how can he fear death—

And how can one fear death

he who dies every day?

who has died every day?