لَحظَها لَحظَها رُوَيداً رُوَيدا

كَم إِلى كَم تَكيدُ لِلروحِ كَيدا

Take it slowly, take it slowly

How much plotting against the soul, step by step

كُفَّ أَو لا تَكُفَّ إِنَّ بِجَنبي

لَسِهاماً أَرسَلتَها لَن تُرَدّا

Stop or don't stop, for next to me

Are arrows you have unleashed that won't be turned back

تَصِلُ الضَربَ ما أَرى لَكَ حَدّا

فَاِتَّقِ اللَهَ وَاِلتَزِم لَكَ حَدّا

The blows reach me ceaselessly, I see no end for you

So fear God and keep within your bounds

أَو فَصُغ لي مِنَ الحِجارَةِ قَلبا

ثُمَّ صُغ لي مِنَ الحَدائِدِ كِبدا

Or make from stones a heart for me

Then make for me a liver of iron

وَاِكفِ جَفنَيَّ دافِقاً لَيسَ يَرقا

وَاِكفِ جَنبَيَّ خافِقاً لَيسَ يَهدا

And stop my streaming eyes that find no rest

And stop my throbbing side that knows no peace

فَمِنَ الغَبنِ أَن يَصيرَ وَعيداً

ما قَطَعتُ الزَمانَ أَرجوهُ وَعدا

For it's an injustice that a threat is made

Of what I hoped for, impatiently awaiting