زارَنِي مُمَرِّضِي فلم يَرَمِنِّي

زارَنِي مُمَرِّضِي فلم يَرَمِنِّي

فوقَ فَرشِ السَّقَامِ شَيئاً يَرَاه

فوقَ فَرشِ السَّقَامِ شَيئاً يَرَاه

My nurse visited me, but could not see

My nurses came to visit, but could not find me

Anything of me upon the bed of sickness.

Lying in my sickbed, though in plain sight be

قال لِي أينَ أنتَ قُلتُ التَمِسنِي

قال لِي أينَ أنتَ قُلتُ التَمِسنِي

فَبكَى حينَ لم تَجِدِني يدَاه

فَبكَى حينَ لم تَجِدِني يدَاه

He said to me, “Where are you?” I said, “Feel for me.”

"Where are you?" they asked, to which I said "Seek me!"

So he wept when his hands could not find me.

And they wept when their hands could not reach me