قَد قَرَأنا ظِلالَكُم فَاِشتَفَينا

قَد قَرَأنا ظِلالَكُم فَاِشتَفَينا

بارَكَ اللَهُ في ظِلالِ الدُموعِ

بارَكَ اللَهُ في ظِلالِ الدُموعِ

We have read your Shadows and so found healing.

We have read your shadows and yearned,

May God bless the Shadows of Tears.

Blessed by God are the shadows of tears,

عَلَّمَتنا لَدى الأَسى كَيفَ تَشفي

عَلَّمَتنا لَدى الأَسى كَيفَ تَشفي

مُرسَلاتُ الدُموعِ داءَ الضُلوعِ

مُرسَلاتُ الدُموعِ داءَ الضُلوعِ

They taught us, amid sorrow, how healing is brought

They taught us in grief how to heal,

by outpoured tears to the ache within the ribs.

The messengers of tears, the illness of ribs,

وَأَرَتنا مِنَ الجَديدِ بَياناً

وَأَرَتنا مِنَ الجَديدِ بَياناً

لَم يَكُن قَبلَها كَثيرَ الشُيوعِ

لَم يَكُن قَبلَها كَثيرَ الشُيوعِ

And showed us a new eloquence

And showed us something new,

that had not been widespread before them,

Not common before,

في طِرازٍ كَأَنَّما نَسَّقَتهُ

في طِرازٍ كَأَنَّما نَسَّقَتهُ

مِن مَجاني الرُبا بَنانُ الرَبيعِ

مِن مَجاني الرُبا بَنانُ الرَبيعِ

in a style as though arranged

In a style as if arranged,

from the hills’ gathered fruits by spring’s fingertips.

From the free-flowing springs, the violets of spring,

فَعَلى كاتِبِ الظِلالِ سَلامٌ

فَعَلى كاتِبِ الظِلالِ سَلامٌ

مِن حَزينٍ وَبائِسٍ وَصَريعِ

مِن حَزينٍ وَبائِسٍ وَصَريعِ

So peace upon the author of the Shadows,

So to the writer of shadows, greetings,

from the sorrowful, the wretched, and the stricken.

From one who's sad, wretched, and fallen.