بذَلتني للسقامِ والألمِ

فلو أردتُ المنامَ لم أنمِ

You condemned me to sickness and pain

If I wanted to sleep, I could not sleep

أوحشتَ عيني من الرقادِ كما

كسَوتها عبرةً بدَت بدمِ

You made my eyes lonely without rest

As you adorned them with tears that appeared as blood

اللَه في مهجةٍ وفي بَدَنٍ

أصبح بين النحولِ والسقَمِ

Oh God, in a soul and in a body

That has become between emaciation and illness

دامَ لقلبي هَواكَ يا أملِي

وإنَّ صَبري عليه لم يَدُمِ

Your love endured in my heart, O my hope

And yet my patience for it did not last