روحِيَ عِبء مُثقِلٌ عاتِقي

إِيّاكِ اِلقي العِبءَ عَن عاتِقي

My spirit is a burden weighing down my shoulders

It is you whom I cast this burden from my shoulders

تَغلو عَلى الناسِ وَلكِنَّني

أَبيعُها لِلنّاسِ بِالدافِقِ

You overwhelm people, but I

Sell it to people gushing forth

يا لَيتَني اِشلاء في مهمَةٍ

مناشَةَ الناعِبِ وَالناعِقِ

Oh, if only I could be occupied with a task

Conversing with the wailing mourner and the vocal speaker