ومساعدٍ لي في البكاء مُساهرٍ

بالليل يؤنِسُني بطيبِ لقائِهِ

A companion to help me weep, staying up all night

Comforting me with his kind company

هامِي المدامع أو يُصابَ بعينهِ

حامي الأضالعِ أو يموتَ بدائهِ

Whether my tears put him to sleep or injure his eye

Whether my ribs break his bones or his illness kills him

غرثانُ يأخذ روحَه من جسمهِ

فحياتُه مرهونةٌ بفَنائِهِ

A scabby person who takes his soul from his body

So his life is hostage to his demise

يُشفِي على تَلَفٍ فيُضربُ عُنْقُهُ

فيكونُ أقوى موجبٍ لِشفائهِ

Heals from injury then gets his neck hit

To make it a stronger cause of his recovery

ساويتُه في لونه ونُحولهِ

وفضَلتُه في بُؤسهِ وشقَائهِ

I made him equal in his color and features

And preferred him in his misery and hardship

هَبْ أَنَّهُ مِثلي بحُرقةِ قلبه

وسُهاده طولَ الدُّجَى وبكائهِ

Assume he is like me, burning inside

His pillow all night long is his crying

أفوادِعٌ طولَ النهار مرفَّهٌ

كمعذّبٍ بصباحه ومسائهِ

Someone carefree all day long

Like a tortured soul day and night