ما لي إذا الليل دجى صاحب

ما لي إذا الليل دجى صاحب

يسعدني فيه سوى شمعه

يسعدني فيه سوى شمعه

What companion have I when night grows dark,

When night grows dark, I have no companion

to cheer me through it, save a candle?

to comfort me in it except a candle.

بثتها بعض همومي فلم

بثتها بعض همومي فلم

تملك إلى الصبح لها دمعه

تملك إلى الصبح لها دمعه

I confided some of my sorrows to it, and

I confided to it some of my sorrows, and it could not

until dawn it could not hold back a tear for them.

hold back its tears until dawn.