وَلَقَد قُلتُ لابنَتي وَهيَ تَكوي

وَلَقَد قُلتُ لابنَتي وَهيَ تَكوي

بِدَخيلِ الهُمومِ قَلباً كَئيبا

بِدَخيلِ الهُمومِ قَلباً كَئيبا

And indeed I said to my daughter, while she seared

I surely said to my daughter as she was

A sorrowful heart with deep-seated cares,

Scorching with the embers of sorrows a gloomy heart,

وَهيَ تَذري مِنَ الدُموعِ عَلى الخَدْ

وَهيَ تَذري مِنَ الدُموعِ عَلى الخَدْ

دَينِ مِن لَوعَةِ الفِراقِ غُروبا

دَينِ مِن لَوعَةِ الفِراقِ غُروبا

While she shed tears upon her cheeks,

And she shed from her cheeks tears

In torrents from the anguish of parting—

Of the religion of the grief of parting's sunset,

عَبراتٍ يَكدنَ يَجرَحنَ ما جُز

عَبراتٍ يَكدنَ يَجرَحنَ ما جُز

نَ بِهِ أَو يَدَعنَ فيهِ نُدوبا

نَ بِهِ أَو يَدَعنَ فيهِ نُدوبا

Tears that almost wound whatever they pass

Tears that almost wounded or left in it scars

Over, or leave scars upon it—

With what they inflicted or traces therein.

حَذَرَ الحَتفِ أَن يصيبَ أَباها

حَذَرَ الحَتفِ أَن يصيبَ أَباها

وَيُلاقي في غَيرِ أَهلٍ شَعوبا

وَيُلاقي في غَيرِ أَهلٍ شَعوبا

For fear that death might strike her father

She feared that fate would strike down her father

And he meet Death away from his kin:

And he would meet, among strangers, misfortune.

أُسكُتي قَد حَزَزتِ بِالدَمعِ قَلبي

أُسكُتي قَد حَزَزتِ بِالدَمعِ قَلبي

طالَما حَزَّ دَمعُكُنَّ القُلوبا

طالَما حَزَّ دَمعُكُنَّ القُلوبا

Be silent; your tears have gashed my heart.

Be silent! You have wounded my heart with tears

How often your tears have gashed hearts!

As long as your tears wound hearts.

فَعَسى اللَّهُ أَن يُدافِعَ عَنّي

فَعَسى اللَّهُ أَن يُدافِعَ عَنّي

رَيبَ ما تَحذرينَ حَتّى أَؤوبا

رَيبَ ما تَحذرينَ حَتّى أَؤوبا

So may God ward off from me

Perhaps God will defend me

The perils of what you fear, until I return.

From the suspicion you fear until I return.

لَيسَ شَيءٌ يَشاؤُهُ ذو المَعالي

لَيسَ شَيءٌ يَشاؤُهُ ذو المَعالي

بعَزيزٍ عَلَيهِ فَاِدعي المُجيبا

بعَزيزٍ عَلَيهِ فَاِدعي المُجيبا

Nothing that the Exalted One wills

There is nothing He of lofty attributes desires

Is difficult for Him; so call upon the One who answers.

For someone dear to Him, so call upon the Respondent,

وَدَعي أَن تُقَطّعي الآنَ قَلبي

وَدَعي أَن تُقَطّعي الآنَ قَلبي

أَو تريني في رِحلَتي تَعذيبا

أَو تريني في رِحلَتي تَعذيبا

And cease to tear my heart apart now,

And stop severing my heart right now

Or make me suffer torment on my journey.

Or showing me torture on my journey.

أَنا في قَبضَةِ الإِلَهِ إِذا كُن

أَنا في قَبضَةِ الإِلَهِ إِذا كُن

تُ بَعيداً أَو كُنتُ مِنكِ قَريبا

تُ بَعيداً أَو كُنتُ مِنكِ قَريبا

I am in God's grasp, whether I am

I am in the Grasp of God whether I am

Far away or near to you.

Far from you or near you.

كَم رَأَينا اِمرأً أَتى مِن بَعيدٍ

كَم رَأَينا اِمرأً أَتى مِن بَعيدٍ

وَمُقيماً على الفِراشِ أُصيبا

وَمُقيماً على الفِراشِ أُصيبا

How many a man have we seen come from afar,

How often have we seen a man come from afar

And one staying upon his bed be stricken!

And a resident in his deathbed get struck!

وَدَعيني مِن اِنتِحابِكِ إِنّي

وَدَعيني مِن اِنتِحابِكِ إِنّي

لا أُبالي إِذا اِعتَزَمتُ النَحيبا

لا أُبالي إِذا اِعتَزَمتُ النَحيبا

And spare me your sobbing, for I

Let me be from your sobbing for I

Pay no heed to wailing once I have made up my mind.

Do not care if I am determined to weep.

حَسبِيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبتُ لِلسَي

حَسبِيَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ قَرَّبتُ لِلسَي

رِ عَلاةً أَنجِب بِها مَركوبا

رِ عَلاةً أَنجِب بِها مَركوبا

God is enough for me; then, for travel, I brought forward

God suffices me, then I prepared for the journey

A sturdy she-camel—what a noble mount she is!

A prayer by which I obtain a mount.