مَن رَسولي إِلى الثُرَيّا فَإِنّي

مَن رَسولي إِلى الثُرَيّا فَإِنّي

ضافَني الهَمُّ وَاِعتَراني الغُمومُ

ضافَني الهَمُّ وَاِعتَراني الغُمومُ

Who will be my messenger to al-Thurayya? For I

Who will be my messenger to al-Thurayya? For I

have been visited by care, and sorrows have assailed me.

have been visited by worry and beset by sorrows.

يَعلَمُ اللَهُ أَنَّني مُستَهامٌ

يَعلَمُ اللَهُ أَنَّني مُستَهامٌ

بِهَواكُم وَأَنَّني مَرحومُ

بِهَواكُم وَأَنَّني مَرحومُ

God knows that I am utterly love-distraught

God knows that I am crazed

by my love for you—and that I am deserving of pity.

With love for you, and that I am to be pitied.