حَلَّ محل الفؤادِ من بدَني

حَلَّ محل الفؤادِ من بدَني

يا لكَ من ساكنينِ في وطَنِ

يا لكَ من ساكنينِ في وطَنِ

He has settled in the heart's place within my body;

My heart has taken the place of my body

Oh, what a pair of dwellers in one homeland!

Oh you who dwell in my homeland

يا سائِلي أينَ عبرةٌ نفِدت

يا سائِلي أينَ عبرةٌ نفِدت

بكَت جَفوتي بها على وسَني

بكَت جَفوتي بها على وسَني

O you who ask me where the spent tear is,

Oh you who ask where my tears have gone

With which my estrangement wept over my drowsiness:

My indifference wept for them in my intimacy

أوحشَني الدَّمعُ والرقادُ معاً

أوحشَني الدَّمعُ والرقادُ معاً

لطولِ إنسي بالسقمِ والحَزنِ

لطولِ إنسي بالسقمِ والحَزنِ

Tears and slumber have both forsaken me,

Together solitude and sleep have saddened me

Through my long intimacy with sickness and sorrow.

For long has been my forgetfulness of wellness and cheer

ليتَ الذي حلَّ بي يزيدُ فما

ليتَ الذي حلَّ بي يزيدُ فما

قلتُ له ليتَ ذاكَ لم يكُنِ

قلتُ له ليتَ ذاكَ لم يكُنِ

Would that what has befallen me would increase, for never

I wish this which has befallen me would grow

Have I said of it, 'Would that it had not been.'

Never did I say, I wish that had not happened