الحمد للَّهِ حتى مُقْلَتِي بَخِلَتْ

عليَّ بالدمع أَنْ أَشْفِي به كَمَدي

Praise be to Allah, though my eyelids were stingy

And spared me no tears to heal my wounds.

تَجْني البَلاَءَ على قَلْبي وتُسْلِمُنِي

يا ليتَهَا أَخَذَتْ مما جَنَتْ بِيَدي

Misfortune assails my heart and leaves me

If only it had taken what my hands reaped!

لو أنَّها أَفْصَرَتْ عمّا تُلِحُّ بِهِ

لم تُمْسِ مكْحُولَةَ الأَجْفَانِ بالسُّهْدِ

Had it looked away from what it insists on

It would not have touched the swollen eyelids.