فَإِن تَكُ عَيني خَبا نورها

فَإِن تَكُ عَيني خَبا نورها

فَكَم قَبلَها نورُ عين خبا

فَكَم قَبلَها نورُ عين خبا

For if my eye's light has gone out,

If the light of my eye has indeed been extinguished,

then many an eye's light has gone out before it.

For how often before has the light of an eye been extinguished.

فَلَم يعمَ قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما

فَلَم يعمَ قَلبي وَلَكِنَّما

أَرى نور عيني إِلَيهِ سرى

أَرى نور عيني إِلَيهِ سرى

Yet my heart has not gone blind; rather,

Yet my heart has not gone blind; rather,

I see my eye's light has flowed into it.

I perceive the light of my eye has traveled into it,

فأسرج فيه إِلى نوره

فأسرج فيه إِلى نوره

سراحاً مِن العلمَ يَشفي العمى

سراحاً مِن العلمَ يَشفي العمى

So there, alongside its light, it kindled

Kindling within it, to join its inner radiance,

a lamp of knowledge that heals blindness.

A lamp of knowledge that cures all blindness.