مَريضٌ إِن أَتاهُ لَنا رَسولٌ

مَريضٌ إِن أَتاهُ لَنا رَسولٌ

لِيُبلِغَ حاجَةً مُنِعَ الرَسولُ

لِيُبلِغَ حاجَةً مُنِعَ الرَسولُ

He is ill; if a messenger of ours comes to him

If someone sick sends us a messenger

to convey a request, the messenger is turned away.

To ask some need—he's turned away.

تَقَطَّعُ حَسرَةً نَفسي عَلَيهِ

تَقَطَّعُ حَسرَةً نَفسي عَلَيهِ

وَلَيسَ إِلى عِيادَتِهِ سَبيلُ

وَلَيسَ إِلى عِيادَتِهِ سَبيلُ

My soul is torn apart with grief for him,

My spirit fractures in despair for him,

and there is no way to visit him.

Though there's no path for me to where he lay.