جُد له بالشفاء يا مُبتَليهِ

جُد له بالشفاء يا مُبتَليهِ

هل تَرى السقمَ قد تبيَّنَ فيهِ

هل تَرى السقمَ قد تبيَّنَ فيهِ

Grant him healing, O you who afflict him.

Wish him healing, O afflicted one

Do you see how sickness has become apparent in him?

Do you see the sickness has appeared in him

لا تقُل لم بكَى فعاتبه الدَّم

لا تقُل لم بكَى فعاتبه الدَّم

عُ فِراراً إليكَ من عاذِليهِ

عُ فِراراً إليكَ من عاذِليهِ

Do not ask why he wept, for tears reproached him,

Do not say why does he cry, the blood reproaches him

fleeing to you from those who reproach him.

Fleeing to you from the one who blames him

كلُّ جزءٍ منهُ كئيبٌ حزينٌ

كلُّ جزءٍ منهُ كئيبٌ حزينٌ

ليسَ يبكي إلا على ما يَليهِ

ليسَ يبكي إلا على ما يَليهِ

Every part of him is dejected and sorrowful;

Every part of him is gloomy and sad

it weeps only over what lies beside it.

He cries only for what afflicts him

ما لَهُ حُجَّةً سِوى زَفرات

ما لَهُ حُجَّةً سِوى زَفرات

علموا أنَّها التي تُسليهِ

علموا أنَّها التي تُسليهِ

He has no proof but sighs;

He has no proof but sighs

they knew it was these that consoled him.

Know that they are what console him