لو كنتَ تَسمعُ ما يقولُ تكلَّما

لو كنتَ تَسمعُ ما يقولُ تكلَّما

دَنِفُ الفؤادِ إليكَ منكَ تظلَّما

دَنِفُ الفؤادِ إليكَ منكَ تظلَّما

If you would listen to what he says, he would speak—

If you could hear what my heart is saying

the sick at heart, complaining to you of you.

It would come close to you, complaining of your oppression

لم تخشَ فِيه اللَه يومَ منعتَه

لم تخشَ فِيه اللَه يومَ منعتَه

حقّ التحيةِ حيثُ مرَّ مسلِّما

حقّ التحيةِ حيثُ مرَّ مسلِّما

You did not fear God concerning him the day you denied him

You did not fear God the day you denied it

his right to a greeting, as he passed by offering greetings.

The right of greeting as it passed by, a Muslim

هجرَ الكَرى عَينيهِ حينَ هَجرتَهُ

هجرَ الكَرى عَينيهِ حينَ هَجرتَهُ

فهناكَ إن كَراه منكَ تعَلما

فهناكَ إن كَراه منكَ تعَلما

Slumber forsook his eyes when you forsook him;

It has turned its eyes away from people since you abandoned it

so then, indeed, his slumber learned from you.

So if it still cares for you, it is little

مَلَّ الحياةَ مِن الذي في قلبهِ

مَلَّ الحياةَ مِن الذي في قلبهِ

فلئِن تمتَّعَ بالحياةِ فقَلما

فلئِن تمتَّعَ بالحياةِ فقَلما

He has grown weary of life because of what is in his heart;

He who carries in his heart what I carry

so if he has taken pleasure in life, it has been only rarely.

Has little enjoyment of life, if any