قَدْ زَارَنِي مِنْ غَيْرِ وَعْدٍ سَابِقٍ

قَدْ زَارَنِي مِنْ غَيْرِ وَعْدٍ سَابِقٍ

فَشَفَى فُؤَاداً بِالصُّدُودِ أعَلَّهُ

فَشَفَى فُؤَاداً بِالصُّدُودِ أعَلَّهُ

He visited me without a prior promise,

He visited me without prior promise

and healed a heart he had made ill by turning away.

And healed a heart afflicted with rejection

وَلَقَدْ وَدِدْتُ بِأنْ تَكُونَ مَحَاجِرِي

وَلَقَدْ وَدِدْتُ بِأنْ تَكُونَ مَحَاجِرِي

عِوَضَ الثَّرَى كَيْمَا تُقَبِّلَ نَعْلَهُ

عِوَضَ الثَّرَى كَيْمَا تُقَبِّلَ نَعْلَهُ

And indeed I wished that my eye sockets might be

How I wish my cheeks were his shoes

in place of the soil, so they might kiss his sandal.

Instead of earth, that they might kiss his feet