وناعورة قد ضاعفت بنواحها

وناعورة قد ضاعفت بنواحها

نواحي وأجرت مقلتاي دموعها

نواحي وأجرت مقلتاي دموعها

And a waterwheel has doubled, with its wailing,

The waterwheel cries with doubled wailing

My lament, and my two eyes have shed its tears.

making wailing places weep my teardrops.

وقد ضعفت مما تئن وقد عدت

وقد ضعفت مما تئن وقد عدت

من السقم والشكوى تعد ضلوعها

من السقم والشكوى تعد ضلوعها

It has weakened from its groaning, and is reckoned

It's grown weak from its groans, and it counts

So wasted by sickness and lament that its ribs can be counted.

its ribs again from sickness and lament.