فَقَدَت دُموعي يوسفاً في حُسنِهِ

فَقَدَت دُموعي يوسفاً في حُسنِهِ

فَغَدوتُ يَعقوباً بِشدَّةِ وَجدِهِ

فَغَدوتُ يَعقوباً بِشدَّةِ وَجدِهِ

My tears lost one as beautiful as Yusuf;

My tears lost Joseph in his beauty

So I became Yaqub in the intensity of his grief.

So I became Jacob in my intense anguish

وَعميتُ مِما قَد لقيتُ مِن البُكا

وَعميتُ مِما قَد لقيتُ مِن البُكا

حَتّى مَسَحتُ عَلى الجُفونِ بِبُردِهِ

حَتّى مَسَحتُ عَلى الجُفونِ بِبُردِهِ

And I went blind from the weeping I had endured,

And I grew blind from the weeping I encountered

Until I wiped my eyelids with his cloak.

Until I wiped my eyelids with its chill