لَو أَنَّ مُمرضَهُ بِالهَجرِ عايَدَهُ

لَو أَنَّ مُمرضَهُ بِالهَجرِ عايَدَهُ

يَوماً لَخفَّفَ عَنهُ ما يُكابِدُهُ

يَوماً لَخفَّفَ عَنهُ ما يُكابِدُهُ

If the one who sickened him with estrangement visited him

If only my nurse with estrangement would visit me one day

One day, he would ease what he endures.

It would relieve me of what I'm enduring

لا عَذَّبَ اللَهُ مَن بالصَدِّ عَذَّبَني

لا عَذَّبَ اللَهُ مَن بالصَدِّ عَذَّبَني

دَهري وَطارِفُهُ ظُلمي وَتالِده

دَهري وَطارِفُهُ ظُلمي وَتالِده

May God not torment the one who tormented me with rejection

May God not torment one who with aloofness torments me

Throughout my life; wronging me is his wealth, newly acquired and inherited.

Throughout my life and its vicissitudes, my injustice and its origins

أَبكي فَيَضحَكُ مِن دَمعي وَيُعجِبُهُ

أَبكي فَيَضحَكُ مِن دَمعي وَيُعجِبُهُ

شَجوي وَأَسهر ليلي وَهوَ زاهِدُهُ

شَجوي وَأَسهر ليلي وَهوَ زاهِدُهُ

I weep, and he laughs at my tears, and he delights in

I cry and he laughs at my tears, amazed by them

My grief; I stay awake through my night, while he is indifferent to it.

My lamentations, my sleepless nights, while he is indifferent to them

يا قاصِداً قَتلتي ظُلماً بِلا سَبَب

يا قاصِداً قَتلتي ظُلماً بِلا سَبَب

عَمداً خُفِ اللَهَ فيما أَنتَ قاصِدُهُ

عَمداً خُفِ اللَهَ فيما أَنتَ قاصِدُهُ

O you who intend to kill me unjustly, without cause,

Oh you who intentionally killed me unjustly without cause

Deliberately—fear God in what you intend.

Purposely, fear God in what you intend