كفى حزناً أني أناديك دائباً

كفى حزناً أني أناديك دائباً

كأني بعيد أو كأنك غائب

كأني بعيد أو كأنك غائب

Sorrow enough that I call upon You unceasingly,

Enough sorrow that I call you constantly

as though I were far away, or You were absent.

As if I were far or as if you were absent

واسأل منك الفضل من غير رغبة

واسأل منك الفضل من غير رغبة

فلم أر مثلي زاهداً وهو راغب

فلم أر مثلي زاهداً وهو راغب

And I ask You for grace, though without desire—

And I ask favor from you without desire

for I have never seen my like: abstinent, yet yearning.

For I have not seen one ascetic yet desirous