أَصبَحَ الجسم بِالجُروح موشى

أَصبَحَ الجسم بِالجُروح موشى

وَفُؤادي بِالجَمر أَمسى مغشى

وَفُؤادي بِالجَمر أَمسى مغشى

My body has become embroidered with wounds,

My body became decorated with wounds

And my heart has become shrouded in embers.

And my heart covered with burning embers

لَم يُغادر مني التَباعُد إِلّا

لَم يُغادر مني التَباعُد إِلّا

عَبرةً عَبرةً لِمَن كانَ يَخشى

عَبرةً عَبرةً لِمَن كانَ يَخشى

Separation has left nothing of me but

Nothing remains of me except

A tear—a lesson for whoever fears.

Tears, tears for those who fear

فَقَد أَلف وَطول لَيل وَسُهد

فَقَد أَلف وَطول لَيل وَسُهد

جَعَلَ السقم وَالضَنا لي فَرشا

جَعَلَ السقم وَالضَنا لي فَرشا

The loss of a beloved, the long night, and sleeplessness

For I have become accustomed to long nights and vigil

Have made sickness and wasting my bedding.

Illness and grief have become my bedfellows

أَتَمنى إِذا بَدا البَدر بَدري

أَتَمنى إِذا بَدا البَدر بَدري

أَو حَماماً إِذا سَجى اللَيل يَغشى

أَو حَماماً إِذا سَجى اللَيل يَغشى

When the full moon appears, I long for my own moon,

I wish that when the full moon appears

Or death, when the night grows still and closes in.

Or a dove when the night casts its shadow