1. يا قلبُ أينَ دَواؤكا

    فلَقد تَطاوَلَ داؤكا

    O heart, where is your remedy?

    For your illness has lasted long.

  2. دامَ السقامُ بِهَجرِ من

    يَهوى وَعزَّ شِفاؤكا

    Sickness has lingered through separation from the one

    it loves, and your recovery is elusive.

  3. يا مَن هويتُ بذلتني

    للموتِ طالَ بقاؤكا

    O you whom I have loved, you have given me over

    to death—may your life be long!

  4. إن كانَ يأسٌ منكَ في

    قلبي ففيهِ رَجاؤكا

    If there is despair of you in

    my heart, then in it is hope in you.