1. قُلتُ غَداةَ السَبتِ إِذ قيلَ لي

    إِنَّ الَّتي أَحبَبتَها شاكِيَه

    I said on Saturday morning, when I was told,

    “She whom you love is ailing,”

  2. يا أَيُّها القائِلُ ما تَشتَكي

    قالَ بِها عَينٌ تُرى بادِيَه

    “O you who speak, what ails her?”

    He said, “She is afflicted by the evil eye, plain to see.”

  3. فَقُلتُ عِندي إِن تَشَأ رُقيةٌ

    لا تَقصِدُ العَينُ لَها ثانِيَه

    So I said, “If you wish, I have a healing incantation:

    The evil eye will not strike her a second time.”

  4. قَرَأتُ حا ميمَ وَعوَّذتُها

    بِالطورِ طَوراً ثُمَّ بِالغاشِيَه

    I recited Ha Mim and invoked protection for her

    With al-Tur once, then with al-Ghashiyah.

  5. يا رَبُّ فَاِسمَع وَاِستَجِب دَعوَتي

    عَجِّل إِلى سَيِّدَتي العافِيَه

    “O Lord, hear and answer my prayer:

    Bring swift healing to my lady.”