نورَ عَيني أَصَبتِ عَيني بِسَكبِ

نورَ عَيني أَصَبتِ عَيني بِسَكبِ

يَومَ فارَقتِني عَلى غَيرِ ذَنبِ

يَومَ فارَقتِني عَلى غَيرِ ذَنبِ

Light of my eye, you afflicted my eye with streaming tears

O light of my eyes, my eyes have been afflicted with pouring

On the day you left me, though I had done no wrong.

On the day you left me for no sin

كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري المَواثيقَ وَالعَه

كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري المَواثيقَ وَالعَه

دَ وَما قُلتِ لي وَقُلتِ لِصَحبي

دَ وَما قُلتِ لي وَقُلتِ لِصَحبي

How could you forget the solemn pledges and the covenant,

How could you forget the covenants and promises

And what you said to me and said to my companions?

And what you told me and told my friends

ما تَصَبَّرتُ عَن لِقائِكِ إِلّا

ما تَصَبَّرتُ عَن لِقائِكِ إِلّا

قَلَّ صَبري وَباشَرَ المَوتُ قَلبي

قَلَّ صَبري وَباشَرَ المَوتُ قَلبي

Whenever I tried to bear not seeing you,

I did not give up hope of seeing you again

My patience dwindled, and death touched my heart.

Except my patience ran out and death took hold of my heart

لَيتَني مِتُّ قَبلَ حُبِّكِ يا قُر

لَيتَني مِتُّ قَبلَ حُبِّكِ يا قُر

رَةَ عَيني أَو عِشتُ في غَيرِ حُبِّ

رَةَ عَيني أَو عِشتُ في غَيرِ حُبِّ

Would that I had died before loving you, O delight

I wish I had died before loving you, O delight of my eye

Of my eye, or had lived without love.

Or lived without loving you

لَيسَ شَيءٌ أَجَلَّ مِن فُرقَةِ النَف

لَيسَ شَيءٌ أَجَلَّ مِن فُرقَةِ النَف

سِ فَحَسبي فُجِعتُ بِالنَفسِ حَسبي

سِ فَحَسبي فُجِعتُ بِالنَفسِ حَسبي

Nothing is graver than parting with the soul;

Nothing is more painful than the soul’s separation

So enough for me—I have been bereft of my soul, enough.

So my affliction for the soul is enough

كَيفَ عَيشي وَما نَعودُ كَما كن

كَيفَ عَيشي وَما نَعودُ كَما كن

نا إِلى اللَهِ أَشتَكي جَهدَ كَربي

نا إِلى اللَهِ أَشتَكي جَهدَ كَربي

How can I live, when we cannot return to how we

How can I live when we will not be as we were

Were? To God I complain of my overwhelming anguish.

To God I complain of the hardship of my distress

فَرَغَ الناسُ مِن مُعالَجَةِ النا

فَرَغَ الناسُ مِن مُعالَجَةِ النا

سِ جَميعاً وَأَنتِ هَمّي وَرَبّي

سِ جَميعاً وَأَنتِ هَمّي وَرَبّي

People have finished dealing with other people,

People have given up on healing souls altogether

All of them; and you are my concern, by my Lord.

While you are my care and my Lord