نَعَيتُ نَفسِي إِليَّه

نَعَيتُ نَفسِي إِليَّه

وقَضَى الدهرُ عَليَّه

وقَضَى الدهرُ عَليَّه

I announced my own death to myself,

And Time pronounced my doom.

رَاش مِن سَهم الرَّزايا

رَاش مِن سَهم الرَّزايا

مَارَسَا في مُهجَتيَّه

مَارَسَا في مُهجَتيَّه

He feathered a shaft of calamities,

A fierce one within my heart.

قَد نَأَى عنِّي حَبيبٌ

قَد نَأَى عنِّي حَبيبٌ

هُوَ مِنِّي وَإليَّه

هُوَ مِنِّي وَإليَّه

A beloved has gone far from me,

He is of me, and to me he belongs.