أَنا مُذ صارَ لي سَكَن

في ضُروبٍ مِنَ الحَزَن

Since sorrow became my home

And wandering my mind night and day without sleep

هائِمُ العَقلِ في نَها

ري وَلَيلي بِلا وَسَن

Would that I could return to what I was

A shepherd with no tether

لَيتَني عُدتُ مِثلَ ما

كُنتُ أَرعى بِلا رَسَن