حَلَّ محل الفؤادِ من بدَني

يا لكَ من ساكنينِ في وطَنِ

My heart has taken the place of my body

Oh you who dwell in my homeland

يا سائِلي أينَ عبرةٌ نفِدت

بكَت جَفوتي بها على وسَني

Oh you who ask where my tears have gone

My indifference wept for them in my intimacy

أوحشَني الدَّمعُ والرقادُ معاً

لطولِ إنسي بالسقمِ والحَزنِ

Together solitude and sleep have saddened me

For long has been my forgetfulness of wellness and cheer

ليتَ الذي حلَّ بي يزيدُ فما

قلتُ له ليتَ ذاكَ لم يكُنِ

I wish this which has befallen me would grow

Never did I say, I wish that had not happened