هَاجَتْ جَوَى أَلَمِي جَوَاهِرُ الْكَلِمِ

مَا بَيْنَ مُنْتَثِرٍ مِنْهَا وَمُنْتَظِمِ

The jewels of speech have stirred the torment of my soul

The jewels of words have stirred the burning anguish of my pain,

Scattered about or methodically aligned

Between the scattered among them and the finely strung,

لاَ سَكَّنَ اللهُ قَلْباً لَمْ تَهِجْهُ فَقَدْ

أَزْرَتْ بِمَا قِيلَ فِي أَيَّامِ ذِي سَلَمِ

God grant no peace to the heart untouched

May God grant no peace to a heart they do not stir, for they have

By what was said in the days of peace

Eclipsed all that was spoken in the days of Dhu Salam.