إِنّ عَيني لَمّا نَأى

إِنّ عَيني لَمّا نَأى

بَيَّضَتْها أَحزانُها

بَيَّضَتْها أَحزانُها

Indeed, my eye, when he went far away,

When my eyes are far from him

Was turned white by its sorrows.

Their sorrows whiten them

كَيفَ لا تَعمى مُقلَةٌ

كَيفَ لا تَعمى مُقلَةٌ

غابَ عَنها إِنسانُها

غابَ عَنها إِنسانُها

How can an eye not go blind

How can an eye not go blind

When its pupil has vanished from it?

When it loses its beloved man