يا رب ما لي طبيبٌ

يا رب ما لي طبيبٌ

سواك أشكو إليه

سواك أشكو إليه

O Lord, I have no physician

O Lord, I have no doctor

but You, to whom I complain.

Other than You to complain to

حبيب قلبي جفاني

حبيب قلبي جفاني

وراحتي في يديه

وراحتي في يديه

My heart's beloved has shunned me,

Beloved of my heart deserted me

and my peace is in his hands.

And my comfort is in His hands

وما لفرط التهابي

وما لفرط التهابي

بالنار من وجنتيه

بالنار من وجنتيه

And it is not of my fierce burning

And because I'm inflamed with passion

in the fire from his cheeks

My cheeks are aflame

أشكو ولا من جفون

أشكو ولا من جفون

أحدّ من شفرتيه

أحدّ من شفرتيه

that I complain, nor of eyelids

I complain though not one eyelid

sharper than his two blades.

Is sharper than His glances

وإنما نوم عيني ال

وإنما نوم عيني ال

مقيم في مقلتيه

مقيم في مقلتيه

Rather, my eye's sleep, which

Indeed, the sleep of my eyes

dwells in his eyes,

Has no home but in their pupils

قد أبعد الطيف عني

قد أبعد الطيف عني

لما صبوت إليه

لما صبوت إليه

has driven the phantom away from me

The vision has been driven from me

when I yearned for him.

When I was poured into it

يا رب حتى رقادي

يا رب حتى رقادي

يغار مني عليه

يغار مني عليه

O Lord, even my slumber

O Lord, even my slumber

is jealous of me over him.

Is envied of me because of it