1. When I saw you in a dream, you brought back
The dearest days that ever dawned on me,
١. لَمَّا رَأَيْتُكِ في المَنامِ أَعَدْتِ لِي
أَغْلَى الَّذِي حَلَّيْتِ مِنْ أَيَّامِي
2. Days when you were the light within my eyes,
And all I hoped for in a dream could be.
٢. أَيَّامَ كُنْتِ النُّورَ في عَيْنِ الرَّجَا
فَغَدَوْتِ ما أَرْجُو مِنَ الأَحْلامِ
3. Between a life without you and a death
Where I can see you, my dark nights teem
٣. ما بَيْنَ عَيْشٍ لا أَرَاكِ وَمِيْتَةٍ
فيها أَرَاكِ ، شَغَلْتِ لَيْلَ مَنامِي
4. With thoughts of you, who were and are no more,
Yet leave behind your light to guide my dream.
٤. أَنْتِ الوُجُودُ ، وَقَدْ مَضَيْتِ، فَمَا بَقَى
إِلَّا رِضَاكِ يُنِيرُ لِي قُدّامِي
5. From you all sweetness and all joy began,
Though credited to me. From you the flow
٥. مِنْكِ ابْتدَأْتُ وَمِنْكِ كُلُّ مَزِيَّةٍ
نُسِبَتْ إِلَيَّ وَمِنْكِ عَذْبُ كَلامِي !