1. أَنْتِ دَائي وَفي يَدَيْكِ دَوَائي

    يَا شِفائي مِنَ الجَوى وَبَلائي

    You are my malady, and in your hands is my cure.

    O my cure for heartache, and my affliction!

  2. إِنَّ قلبي يُحِبُّ مِنْ لا أُسَمِّي

    في عَنَاءٍ أَعْظِمْ بِهِ مِنْ عَناءِ

    Indeed, my heart loves one whom I do not name,

    In anguish—how great an anguish!

  3. كيْفَ لا كيْفَ أَنْ ألذَّ بِعَيْشٍ

    مَاتَ صبري بهِ ومَاتَ عَزَائي

    How could it be otherwise? How could I delight in a life

    In which my patience has died, and my solace has died?

  4. أَيُّها اللّائِمونَ ماذا عَلَيْكم

    أَنْ تَعيشُوا وأنْ أَمُوتَ بِدائي

    O you who reproach me, what does it matter to you

    That you should live and I should die of my malady?

  5. ولَيْسَ مَنْ مَاتَ فَاسْتراحَ بِمَيْتٍ

    إنما الميْتُ مَيِّتُ الأحْيَاءِ

    And he who dies and finds rest is not truly dead;

    Only the dead among the living are truly dead.