دُموعي فيكَ لا تَرقا

دُموعي فيكَ لا تَرقا

وَداءُ القَلبِ لا يُرقى

وَداءُ القَلبِ لا يُرقى

My tears for you do not cease,

My tears in you do not melt,

and the heart's malady cannot be charmed away.

And the heart's disease cannot be cured,

وَمَحلُ الخَدِّ مِن غَي

وَمَحلُ الخَدِّ مِن غَي

رِ مَسيلِ الدَمعِ لا يُسقى

رِ مَسيلِ الدَمعِ لا يُسقى

And the parched cheek, save

And the cheek's place from the absence of

by the flow of tears, is not watered.

The tears' flow cannot be watered,

دُموعٌ تُعطِشُ الخَد

دُموعٌ تُعطِشُ الخَد

دَ وَأَجفاني بِها غَرقى

دَ وَأَجفاني بِها غَرقى

Tears that parch the cheek,

Tears that thirst the cheek,

and my eyelids are drowned in them.

And with them my eyelids have drowned,

أَلا يا مالِكَ الرِق

أَلا يا مالِكَ الرِق

قِ بِمَن مَلَّكَكَ الرِقّا

قِ بِمَن مَلَّكَكَ الرِقّا

Ah, O master of the slave,

Oh you who own tenderness, by whom has tenderness owned you

by Him who made the slave yours:

If you do not decide I become happy, do not decide I become miserable,

إِذا لَم تَقضِ أَن أَسعَ

إِذا لَم تَقضِ أَن أَسعَ

دَ لا تَقضِ بِأَن أَشقى

دَ لا تَقضِ بِأَن أَشقى

if you do not decree that I be happy,

Be charitable with what perishes,

do not decree that I be wretched.

And take the reward of what remains,

تَصَدَّق بِالَّذي يَفنى

تَصَدَّق بِالَّذي يَفنى

وَخُذ أَجرَ الَّذي يَبقى

وَخُذ أَجرَ الَّذي يَبقى

Give in charity what passes away,

And remind your gentle side,

and take the reward of the One who endures.

And reciprocate with what I have given,

وَذَكِّر عِطفَكَ المَيّا

وَذَكِّر عِطفَكَ المَيّا

لَ وَالرَدفَ بِما أَلقى

لَ وَالرَدفَ بِما أَلقى

And remind your swaying flank

He who fears will remember,

and your buttocks of what I endure.

And the miserable will avoid it.

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخشى

سَيَذَّكَّرُ مَن يَخشى

وَيَتَجَنَّبُها الأَشقى

وَيَتَجَنَّبُها الأَشقى

Whoever fears will take heed,

and the most wretched will shun it.