طولُ اشتِياقي أذابَني سقما

طولُ اشتِياقي أذابَني سقما

وأمطرَ العينَ عبرةً ودما

وأمطرَ العينَ عبرةً ودما

My long yearning has made me melt away in sickness,

The length of my longing has melted me into illness,

and made my eye rain tears and blood.

And my eyes rain tears and blood.

فارقني مَن هواهُ أنحلَني

فارقني مَن هواهُ أنحلَني

فبانَ قلبي واستَخلفَ السقما

فبانَ قلبي واستَخلفَ السقما

The one whose love has wasted me has left me;

The one I love left me weakened,

so my heart departed and left sickness in its stead.

So my heart was revealed and illness took its place.

يا وَحشةَ الجسمِ للفؤادِ فلو

يا وَحشةَ الجسمِ للفؤادِ فلو

يعلمُ ما بي من فقدهِ رَحِما

يعلمُ ما بي من فقدهِ رَحِما

Oh, the body's loneliness for its heart! For if

Oh loneliness of the body for the heart, if only

it knew what I suffer from losing it, it would have pity.

It knew what loss of him did to me, it would have mercy.

يا ربِّ خُذ لي مِن الفراقِ ولا

يا ربِّ خُذ لي مِن الفراقِ ولا

تأخذ لقلبي مِن الذي ظَلما

تأخذ لقلبي مِن الذي ظَلما

O Lord, take vengeance for me on separation, and do not

Oh Lord, take from me the pain of separation, but do not

take vengeance for my heart on the one who wronged it.

Take from my heart the one who wronged me.