قولا لِمَن كَتَبَ الكِتابَ بِكَفِّهِ

قولا لِمَن كَتَبَ الكِتابَ بِكَفِّهِ

إِرحَم فَدَيتُكَ ذِلَّتي وَخُضوعي

إِرحَم فَدَيتُكَ ذِلَّتي وَخُضوعي

Say, you two, to him who wrote the letter with his hand:

Say to the one who wrote the book with his hand,

Have mercy on my abasement and submission—may I be your ransom.

Have mercy, I implore you, on my humiliation and submission,

مازِلتُ أَبكي مُذ قَرَأتُ كِتابَكُم

مازِلتُ أَبكي مُذ قَرَأتُ كِتابَكُم

حَتّى مَحَوتُ سُطورَهُ بِدُموعي

حَتّى مَحَوتُ سُطورَهُ بِدُموعي

I kept weeping from the time I read your letter,

I have not ceased crying since I read your book,

until I erased its lines with my tears.

Until I erased its lines with my tears.