نَم وَإِن لَم أَنَم كَرايَ كَراكا

شاهِدٌ مِنكَ أَنَّ ذاكَ كَذاكا

Even if I do not sleep, pretend that I do

For you are witness that this is my way

طالَ ضُرّي تَفديكَ نَفسي وَقَلَّت

نَفسُ مِثلي عَن أَن تَكونَ فِداكا

My love for you has lasted long, and my soul pays the price

A soul like mine is seldom worth such sacrifice

في سَبيلِ الهَوى فُؤادي وَما آ

سى عَلَيهِ لَكِن عَلى ذِكراكا

For love's sake my heart is given, though I

Feel no regret, only longing for the time we're nigh

ذَهَبَت مُقلَتايَ بِالدَمِ وَالدَم

عِ فَفي النارِ إِذ نَجَت مُقلَتاكا

My eyes are gone, spilled out in blood and tears

Yet they are saved from hellfire by vision of you, my dear

لَستُ أَبكي ذَهابَ عَيني لِعَيني

غَيرَ أَنّي أَبكي لِأَنَّ لا أَراكا

I do not mourn my lost eyes but rather I mourn

That I'll not see your face when sight is gone

ما فِراقُ الدُنيا أُبالي وَلَكِن

في فِراقِ الدُنيا فِراقُ هَواكا

Leaving this world I do not dread, but parting

From you, as I leave this world, causes me such smarting