مَن سَرَّه العِيدُ فإنّي امرؤٌ

مَن سَرَّه العِيدُ فإنّي امرؤٌ

سِلْكُ دُموعي فيه مَقْطوعُ

سِلْكُ دُموعي فيه مَقْطوعُ

Whoever the feast may gladden, I am a man

Whoever is made happy by Eid, I am a man

whose string of tears is broken during it.

Whose tears on it are held back

أنا الّذي هَيَّجَ أحزانَه

أنا الّذي هَيَّجَ أحزانَه

والدَّهْرُ فيما ساءَ مَتْبوع

والدَّهْرُ فيما ساءَ مَتْبوع

I am the one whose sorrows it has stirred,

I who roused his sorrows

and Time is imitated in the grief it causes.

While time in evil is followed

عيدٌ وتَوديعُ أُناسٍ لنا

عيدٌ وتَوديعُ أُناسٍ لنا

لَساءنا عيدٌ وتَوديع

لَساءنا عيدٌ وتَوديع

A feast, and farewell to people of ours—

An Eid and farewell of people dear to us

a feast and farewell have surely grieved us.

Our Eid is a farewell and farewell

كُلّ خليلٍ بَعْدَ أُنْسى به

كُلّ خليلٍ بَعْدَ أُنْسى به

أَكبرُ حَظّي منا تَشْييع

أَكبرُ حَظّي منا تَشْييع

Every close friend, after my delight in his company—

Each friend after intimacy with him forgotten

my greatest share of us is seeing him off.

My greatest share of him is to accompany at parting

متى أَرى يا ربِّ شَمْلي بهمْ

متى أَرى يا ربِّ شَمْلي بهمْ

وهْو كما أهواه مَجْموع

وهْو كما أهواه مَجْموع

When, my Lord, shall I see my circle with them,

When, O Lord, shall I see my being united with them

gathered together, just as I wish it to be?

And it is as I love, all brought together