إِلى اللهِ أَشكُو لا إِلَى النّاسِ أَنَّنِى

إِلى اللهِ أَشكُو لا إِلَى النّاسِ أَنَّنِى

قَرِيبٌ وَأَنَّى حاضِرٌ لا أَزورُهَا

قَرِيبٌ وَأَنَّى حاضِرٌ لا أَزورُهَا

To God I make my complaint—not to people—that I am

To God I complain, not to people, that I

near, and that, though present, I do not visit her;

Am nearby and present, yet do not visit her;

وَأَنِّى إِذا ما جِئتُ بَيتَكِ أَرشَقَت

وَأَنِّى إِذا ما جِئتُ بَيتَكِ أَرشَقَت

إِلىَّ بَصِيراتُ العُيُونِ وَعُورُهَا

إِلىَّ بَصِيراتُ العُيُونِ وَعُورُهَا

and that, whenever I come to your house, there blaze

And that, whenever I come to your house, they gaze intently

toward me the keen-sighted eyes—and the one-eyed among them.

At me—the sighted eyes and the impaired ones alike.