بالله فُتَّ كَبِدِي يا هَمِّي

وغمَّ قَلْبي بالجَوَى يا غمِّي

Oh Allah, break open my liver, O my sorrow

And fill my heart with burning embers, O my anguish

وابْلُ جسْمي بالضَّنىَ يا سُقْمِي

فبَعدَ رُوحي لا أُرِيدُ جِسمي

Drench my body with grief, O my malady

For after losing my soul, I have no use for my body

وبعد دِرْياقي أُريدُ سمِّي

مُصيبتي لمَّا انتهت في العَظْمِ

And after losing my loved ones, all I want is to be named among the dead

When my tribulation culminated, it mocked the silent mountains

قد سخرت من الجِبَالِ الصمِّ

توسَّعَتْ فضاقَ عَنها كَتْمِي

It grew so wide even my restraint could not contain it

I buried all my family against my will

دفنت أَهلي كلَّهم بَرَغْمِي

أَخِي وأُختي وأَبي وأُمِّي

My brother, my sister, my father and my mother

And how many unnamed others I interred

وكم دفنتُ غَيْرَ مَنْ أُسمِّي

من رُفْقَةٍ مثلِ بدورِ التِّم

Friends like the Pleiades and bare bones I smelled

I buried each, though I did not want to, in a desolate, gloomy wasteland

ومن بهاليلَ عظامٍ شُمِّ

دفنت كلاًّ منهمُ عَنْ علْم

At the bottom of a grave, under thousands of shovels of dirt

These were graves I built, though they destroyed me

في موحشٍ أَسْوَدَ مُدْلَهمِّ

في قَعْر قَبْرٍ تَحْت أَلفِ رَدْمِ

Constructed with my blood and flesh

Scenes that blinded me, as you saw

تلك قبورٌ بُنيت لهَدْمِي

لم تُبْن إِلاَّ بدَمِي ولَحْمِي

And stabbed my heart with every care

This grave for my intimacy, that for my kiss

مَناظرٌ كما رأَيتَ تُعْمِي

وتَقْصِدُ القلبَ بكُلِّ هَمِّ

And I lived on without them, though against my will

Due to my ill-fated destiny and unfair lot

لقبر ذَا ضَمِّي وهَذَا لَثْمِي

وعِشْتُ مِنْ بَعدِهم بِرَغْمي

Like a sword in solitude, not an arrow in a quiver

In Sufi-like poverty and destitution

لِشُؤْمِ بَخْتي ولسُوءِ قَسْمِي

كالسَّيفِ في الوَحْدَةِ لا كالسَّهْم

My reason and patience were lost after them

When I had been in prosperity and plenty

في فَقْرٍ صُوفيٍّ وذمي

قد ضاع عقلي بعدهم وحلمي

In bounty and abundant luxury

When I did not cast them aside, or myself

وكنت في غِنىً وغُنمِ

في نعمةٍ وفي نعيمٍ جَمِّ

When I did not ignore them, or myself

They saw my love as inescapable destiny

وكنت لا أُرْمَى بِهم وأَرْمِي

وكُنْتُ لا أُصْمَى بهم وأُصْمِي

And their fate was to end up as my fate

To seek refuge in my name in times of woe

يرون حُبِّي كالقضاءِ الحَتْم

ورَسْمُهم أَن ينتهوا لرَسْمِي

Never did I imagine they would all die

After them, my life lost all taste

ويَسْتعيذوا في الهُمومِ باسْمِي

لم يَجْرِ مَوْتُ كلَّهم في وَهْمِي

Oh my deprivation after them, and my nothingness

Oh my loss of direction after the loss of my guiding stars

ما لِحياتي بَعْدَهم مِنْ طَعْمِ

فيا افْتِقَارِي بَعْدَهُم وعُدْمِي

Oh sorrows that never cease growing

Oh tears that never cease flowing

ويا ضَلالي بعد فقد نَجْمِي

ويا هموماً لاَ تَزَالُ تَنْمِي

Pouring more than I can hide beneath my shirt

Oh unjust times in judgment

ويا دُموعاً لا تَزال تَهْمِي

تَكْثُر أَنْ أَسْتُرَها بكُمِّي

No wonder you are my ruler and my opponent

With what crime, what sin

ويا زماناً جائراً في الحُكْمِ

لا غرو أَنْتَ حاكمي وخَصْمِي

Have you wronged me, and how can I be blamed?

My praise is to Allah, and to my time my blame

بأَيِّ ذَنْبٍ وبأَيِّ جُرْمِ

ظَلَمْتَني ومَا يَحلُّ ظُلْمِي

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