ياO مَنyou who أَحَسَّhave sensed رُقاداًslumber بِتُّI spent the night أَنشُدُهُI seek it
يا مَن أَحَسَّ رُقاداً بِتُّ أَنشُدُهُ
مُذsince غابَit vanished عَنfrom مُقلَتيmy eye وَاِستَخلَفَand left in its place الكَمَداgrief
مُذ غابَ عَن مُقلَتي وَاِستَخلَفَ الكَمَدا
O you who have sensed slumber, I have spent the night seeking it,
O you who felt distressed since he disappeared from my eyelids and left yearning in his place
since it vanished from my eye and left grief in its place.
I have brought this endless affliction upon myself through my own doing
أَناI المَشومُthe ill-omened one عَلىupon نَفسيmyself كَسَبتُI earned لَهاfor it
أَنا المَشومُ عَلى نَفسي كَسَبتُ لَها
هَذاthis البَلاءَthe affliction الَّذيthat لاnot يَنقَضيends أَبَداever
هَذا البَلاءَ الَّذي لا يَنقَضي أَبَدا
I am my own ill omen; I have earned for myself
this affliction that never ends.
Partial English translation: 2 of 4 Arabic lines translated.