أَيُّ خَطيئاتِيَ أَبكي دَما

أَيُّ خَطيئاتِيَ أَبكي دَما

وَهيَ كَثيرٌ كَنُجومِ السَما

وَهيَ كَثيرٌ كَنُجومِ السَما

For which of my sins shall I weep blood?

For which of my sins should I weep blood?

They are many, like the stars of heaven.

And they are many, like the stars of the sky.

قَد طَمَسَت عَقلي فَما أَهتَدي

قَد طَمَسَت عَقلي فَما أَهتَدي

وَأَورَثَت عَينَ فُؤادي العَمى

وَأَورَثَت عَينَ فُؤادي العَمى

They have clouded my reason, so I cannot find my way,

They have blotted out my reason, so I find no guidance,

And have left the eye of my heart blind.

and have brought blindness to the eye of my heart.

إِنّا إِلى اللَهِ لَقَد حَلَّ بي

إِنّا إِلى اللَهِ لَقَد حَلَّ بي

خَطبٌ غَدا صُبحي بِهِ مُظلِما

خَطبٌ غَدا صُبحي بِهِ مُظلِما

Indeed, we belong to God—a calamity has befallen me

Surely we are bound for God; there has indeed befallen me

Through which my morning has turned dark.

a calamity through which my morning has turned dark.