اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي كَمدُ

اللَهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي كَمدُ

لا أَستَطيعُ أَبُثُّ ما أَجِدُ

لا أَستَطيعُ أَبُثُّ ما أَجِدُ

God knows that I am grief-stricken.

God knows that I am tight-lipped

I cannot express what I feel.

I cannot express what I feel

نَفَسانُ لي نَفسٌ تَضَمَّنَها

نَفَسانُ لي نَفسٌ تَضَمَّنَها

بَلَدٌ وَأُخرى حازَها بَلَدُ

بَلَدٌ وَأُخرى حازَها بَلَدُ

I have two souls: one soul is enfolded by

My soul harbors two souls

a land, and the other is held by another land.

One claimed by a country, the other by a homeland

وَأَرى المُقيمَةَ لَيسَ يَنفَعُها

وَأَرى المُقيمَةَ لَيسَ يَنفَعُها

صَبرٌ وَلَيسَ يُقيمُها جَلَدُ

صَبرٌ وَلَيسَ يُقيمُها جَلَدُ

And I see that the soul that remains is not helped by

And I see staying does no good

patience, nor is it sustained by fortitude.

Patience is futile, endurance fails

وَأَظُنُّ غائِبَتي كَشاهِدَتي

وَأَظُنُّ غائِبَتي كَشاهِدَتي

بِمَكانِها تَجِدُ الَّذي أَجِدُ

بِمَكانِها تَجِدُ الَّذي أَجِدُ

And I think my absent soul, like my present soul,

And absence from my love is like her presence

feels, where it is, what I feel.

She feels what I feel, though far away