لم أدرِ كيفَ يكونُ الحُزنُ والجَزَع

لم أدرِ كيفَ يكونُ الحُزنُ والجَزَع

حتى ابتليتُ بشيءٍ فوقَ ما أسعُ

حتى ابتليتُ بشيءٍ فوقَ ما أسعُ

I did not know what grief and anguish were,

I did not know how sorrow and grief could be

Until I was afflicted with something beyond what I could bear.

Until I was tried with something beyond what I can bear

لم أدرِ لم أدرِ أن الحتفَ في نظري

لم أدرِ لم أدرِ أن الحتفَ في نظري

وأنَّ قلبيَ للعَينينِ متَّبِعُ

وأنَّ قلبيَ للعَينينِ متَّبِعُ

I did not know—I did not know—that death lies in my gaze,

I did not know, I did not know that death in my eyes

And that my heart follows the two eyes.

And that my heart follows my eyes

لم أدرِ أنَّ منايا الناسِ كلِّهم

لم أدرِ أنَّ منايا الناسِ كلِّهم

في لَحظِ مقلةِ شَمسِ الشمسِ تجتمعُ

في لَحظِ مقلةِ شَمسِ الشمسِ تجتمعُ

I did not know that the deaths of all people

I did not know that the death of all people

Gather in the glance of the eye of the sun's sun,

In the blink of an eye the sun's sun is gathered

وأنني لسِهامِ المَوتِ مُنتصِبٌ

وأنني لسِهامِ المَوتِ مُنتصِبٌ

من طرفِ من عن دماءِ الخَلقِ لا يرعُ

من طرفِ من عن دماءِ الخَلقِ لا يرعُ

And that I stand exposed to the arrows of death

And that I am erected for the arrows of death

From the gaze of one who does not refrain from shedding people's blood.

From the side of one who does not refrain from shedding the blood of creation