أَيا غائِباً مِن بَعدِهِ الأُنسُ ما حَضَر

أَيا غائِباً مِن بَعدِهِ الأُنسُ ما حَضَر

وَلا فارَقَت عَينايَ في ليلِيَ السَهَر

وَلا فارَقَت عَينايَ في ليلِيَ السَهَر

O absent one, since your departure no solace has come.

O absent one, after whom companionship is no more,

Nor have my eyes been free of sleeplessness at night.

Nor have my eyes in my nights ceased from wakefulness.

فِراقُكَ أَبكاني الدِماءَ صَبابَةً

فِراقُكَ أَبكاني الدِماءَ صَبابَةً

عَلَيكَ إِلى أَن خِفتُ أَن يَذهَبَ البَصَر

عَلَيكَ إِلى أَن خِفتُ أَن يَذهَبَ البَصَر

Parting from you made me weep blood out of longing

Your separation made me weep blood copiously,

for you, until I feared my sight would vanish.

For you, until I feared my sight would fail.

نَهاري وَلَيلي مُظلِمانِ كِلاهُما

نَهاري وَلَيلي مُظلِمانِ كِلاهُما

نَهاري بِلا شَمسٍ وَلَيلي بِلا قَمَر

نَهاري بِلا شَمسٍ وَلَيلي بِلا قَمَر

My day and my night are both dark:

My day and my night are both dark, both of them,

My day without a sun, and my night without a moon.

My day without sun and my night without moon.

وَإِنّي وَإِن كانَ التَشَيُّعُ مَذهَبي

وَإِنّي وَإِن كانَ التَشَيُّعُ مَذهَبي

لأَكثَرُ خَلقِ اللَهِ شَوقاً إِلى عُمَر

لأَكثَرُ خَلقِ اللَهِ شَوقاً إِلى عُمَر

And I, though Shiism is my creed,

And though lamentation be my sect and creed,

surely yearn for Umar more than any other of God's creatures.

Yet am I, of all God's creation, most ardent for life.