نورَ عَيني أَصَبتِ عَيني بِسَكبِ

يَومَ فارَقتِني عَلى غَيرِ ذَنبِ

O light of my eyes, my eyes have been afflicted with pouring

On the day you left me for no sin

كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري المَواثيقَ وَالعَه

دَ وَما قُلتِ لي وَقُلتِ لِصَحبي

How could you forget the covenants and promises

And what you told me and told my friends

ما تَصَبَّرتُ عَن لِقائِكِ إِلّا

قَلَّ صَبري وَباشَرَ المَوتُ قَلبي

I did not give up hope of seeing you again

Except my patience ran out and death took hold of my heart

لَيتَني مِتُّ قَبلَ حُبِّكِ يا قُر

رَةَ عَيني أَو عِشتُ في غَيرِ حُبِّ

I wish I had died before loving you, O delight of my eye

Or lived without loving you

لَيسَ شَيءٌ أَجَلَّ مِن فُرقَةِ النَف

سِ فَحَسبي فُجِعتُ بِالنَفسِ حَسبي

Nothing is more painful than the soul’s separation

So my affliction for the soul is enough

كَيفَ عَيشي وَما نَعودُ كَما كن

نا إِلى اللَهِ أَشتَكي جَهدَ كَربي

How can I live when we will not be as we were

To God I complain of the hardship of my distress

فَرَغَ الناسُ مِن مُعالَجَةِ النا

سِ جَميعاً وَأَنتِ هَمّي وَرَبّي

People have given up on healing souls altogether

While you are my care and my Lord