أَرِحني بِلا إِن كُنتَ عَينَ مُصَدِّقِ

أَرِحني بِلا إِن كُنتَ عَينَ مُصَدِّقِ

رَجائي يَجِدني سافِرَ الصُنعِ صانِعُ

رَجائي يَجِدني سافِرَ الصُنعِ صانِعُ

Relieve me with a 'no,' if you are the very one to fulfill

Relieve me if you are a believing eye

my hope; a benefactor finds me openly acknowledging his kindness.

My hope finds me, the doer of difficult work

فَبَردُ زُلالِ اليَأسِ أَعذَبُ مَورِداً

فَبَردُ زُلالِ اليَأسِ أَعذَبُ مَورِداً

عَلى الحِرصِ لَو عانى الحَرارَةَ طامِعُ

عَلى الحِرصِ لَو عانى الحَرارَةَ طامِعُ

For despair's cool, clear water is sweeter to drink,

So the coolness of flowing despair is a sweeter spring

despite eager longing, if a hopeful seeker has endured the heat.

For greed, even if the ambitious one suffers heat