جُفونٌ تستَهِلُّ دَمَا

جُفونٌ تستَهِلُّ دَمَا

وجسمٌ مُشْعَرٌ سَقَمَا

وجسمٌ مُشْعَرٌ سَقَمَا

Eyelids pour blood instead of tears,

Eyelids pouring forth blood,

and a body is made to feel sickness;

And a body clad in sickness,

وأنّةُ مُوجَعٍ تُبدِي

وأنّةُ مُوجَعٍ تُبدِي

من الأشْجانِ مَا كَتَمَا

من الأشْجانِ مَا كَتَمَا

a sufferer’s groan reveals

And a sufferer's groan reveals

the sorrows he had concealed;

What sorrows he has concealed;

وقلبٌ لو فُرِي بِميا

وقلبٌ لو فُرِي بِميا

سِمِ النّيرانِ ما عَلِمَا

سِمِ النّيرانِ ما عَلِمَا

and a heart that, if cleft by the branding-

And a heart that, were it rent with branding

irons of the fires, would never feel them;

Irons of fire, would not feel it;

وحالٌ لو رآها شَا

وحالٌ لو رآها شَا

مِتٌ أو حاسِدٌ رَحِما

مِتٌ أو حاسِدٌ رَحِما

and a plight that, if a gloat-

And a plight that, were it seen by a gloater

er or an envier saw it, he would show pity.

Or an envier, would move him to pity.