جَسَدٌ ناحِلٌ وَصَبرٌ ضَعيفٌ

جَسَدٌ ناحِلٌ وَصَبرٌ ضَعيفٌ

وَشَبابٌ يَبلى وَعُمرٌ يَبيدُ

وَشَبابٌ يَبلى وَعُمرٌ يَبيدُ

A wasted body and feeble patience,

A thin body and weak patience

And youth that wears away, and a life that perishes.

Youth fades and life perishes

لَيتَ شِعري مَتى أَقولُ لِنَفسي

لَيتَ شِعري مَتى أَقولُ لِنَفسي

طابَ في جَنَّةِ الوِصالِ الخُلودُ

طابَ في جَنَّةِ الوِصالِ الخُلودُ

Would that I knew when I shall say to myself:

I wish I knew when to say to myself

Sweet is eternity in the paradise of union.

Eternity has come in the garden of union