عيادةُ ذاتِ اللطفٍ نحسبُها فرضا

عيادةُ ذاتِ اللطفٍ نحسبُها فرضا

فما هي إلا نجمةٌ زارتِ الأرضا

فما هي إلا نجمةٌ زارتِ الأرضا

We deem visiting the gracious lady a duty,

A visit of kindness we think obligatory

For she is but a star that visited the earth.

Yet it is but a star that graced the earth

على جهدِ ما نلقى أتينا نعودُها

على جهدِ ما نلقى أتينا نعودُها

ونأملُ منها أن تُعيدَ لنا القرضا

ونأملُ منها أن تُعيدَ لنا القرضا

Despite the hardships we face, we came to visit her,

Despite our strife we'll give what we are able

And we hope she will repay us the loan.

And hope from her she'll refund the debt

يعزُّ علينا أن نراها مريضةً

يعزُّ علينا أن نراها مريضةً

ولو أكثرت من حبِّها بيننا المرضى

ولو أكثرت من حبِّها بيننا المرضى

It pains us to see her ill,

It grieves us to see her become sickly

Even if she has made many among us sick with love for her.

Though she spread her love amongst the ailing throng

وَددنا لو أن السقمَ فينا جميعُهُ

وَددنا لو أن السقمَ فينا جميعُهُ

وكانت معافاةً فذاكَ بهِ ترضى

وكانت معافاةً فذاكَ بهِ ترضى

We wished that all the sickness were in us,

We wish that we possessed her every illness

And that she were well, for that would please her.

And she were healed - for that would please her more