ليسَ لي شافعٌ إلَي

كَ فإن شِئتَ فاشفعِ

I have no intercessor with You,

So if You wish, intercede for me,

واكفني ذلةَ السؤا

لِ وطولَ التضُّرعِ

And spare me the humiliation of begging

And the length of imploring.

إنني بالعزاءِ والص

صَبرِ عَينُ المُمَنَّعِ

Truly, in consolation and endurance,

The eye of the deprived is forbidden.

كيفَ لا كيفَ بالسلو

وِ بِقلبٍ مُروَّعِ

How could it not be so, how could it be otherwise,

With a heart filled with turmoil?