1. ذاب جسمي ضاع رشدي

    زاه شجوي واكتئابي

    My body has melted away; my reason is lost.

    My sorrow and dejection have swelled

  2. بملاكٍ مالكٍ رو

    حي وقلبي وصوابي

    Because of an angel who possesses my—

    —soul, my heart, and my sound judgment.

  3. حبُّهُ لم يبقِ مني

    غير سهدي وعذابي

    Love for him has left nothing of me

    But my sleeplessness and torment.

  4. ليتهُ يرضى بدفني

    عندهُ تحت الترابِ

    If only he would consent to my burial

    Beside him, beneath the earth,

  5. حيثما احيي سعيداً

    بسكوني واقترابي

    Where I might live happily

    In my repose and my nearness to him.