وا علتي من فقد أمي وقد

وا علتي من فقد أمي وقد

أحرق قلبي جمر فقدانها

أحرق قلبي جمر فقدانها

Alas, my anguish at losing my mother—and indeed

Oh how I suffer from losing my mother

the embers of her loss have burned my heart.

The embers of her absence burn my heart

كأنها كانت لقلبي جلا

كأنها كانت لقلبي جلا

وفي عيوني عين إنسانها

وفي عيوني عين إنسانها

As though she had been my heart’s brightness,

As if she were a coat for my heart

and, in my eyes, their very pupil.

And in my eyes, the eyes of her humanity