يَسبِقُني لِذِكرِهِ

يَسبِقُني لِذِكرِهِ

دَمعٌ إِذا غيضَ وَثم

دَمعٌ إِذا غيضَ وَثم

At the mention of him, I am outstripped

Racing ahead of me to his memory,

by tears that, when checked, drip anew.

Is a tear that pours forth just as it dries.

يا قَبرَهُ وَمَنزِلي

يا قَبرَهُ وَمَنزِلي

حَسبي البُكا هُنا وَثُم

حَسبي البُكا هُنا وَثُم

O his grave and my dwelling,

O his grave, which is my dwelling too,

Weeping here and there is enough for me.

Weeping suffices me, both here and there.