أما راحِمٌ مَن شَكا

أما مُسعِدٌ مَن بكى

Does he who laments find compassion?

Does he who weeps find bliss?

أما حَكمٌ عادِلٌ

إذا جارَ من مُلِّكا

Is he just who is a ruler

If he oppresses whom he rules?

أيا هاجِري ظالِماً

وليسَ بِحِلٍّ لكا

Do not, oh you who are wronged, blame yourself

You have done no wrong.

أتعجبُ من عَبرتي

وفيكَ عرفتُ البُكا

I wonder at my own tears

When in you I have known weeping.

ألا لَيتَني ميِّتٌ

ويا ليتَ ما بي بِكا

Oh, would that I were dead!

Would that the pain in me would cease!