يَا ذَا الَّذِي عِندَهُ حَيَاتِي

بِاللهِ بِاللهِ أَبقِ عَنِّي

O you in whose hands lies my life

I implore you, I implore you spare me

ويومَ إِذ زَارَني رِفَاقي

وَشَاهَدُوني قَريبَ دَفنِ

And when my friends came to visit me

And saw me nearing my grave

أَبَكَتهمُ حَالتي جَمِيعاً

لَمَّا رَأونِي كَمَا رَأونِي

My condition made them all weep

When they saw me as they saw me

وَقَد تَمَنَّوا سُلُوَّ قَلبِي

لاَ حَقَّقَ اللهُ ذَا التَّمَنِّي

And they wished to comfort my heart

But God did not fulfill that wish

وَحَقَّقَ اللهُ عَن قَريبٍ

وصلَ حبيبي ونورُ عَيني

Yet soon, God fulfilled

My beloved came, the light of my eyes

قد كانَ ظَنِّي بِكُم صحِيحاً

وَالآنَ وَاللهِ خَابَ ظَنِّي

My thoughts about you were true

And now, by God, my thoughts were wrong