نَبْكِي لِفَقْدِ سَنَاكَ يَا رَمَضَانُ

نَبْكِي لِفَقْدِ سَنَاكَ يَا رَمَضَانُ

إِذْ حَفَّنَا لِفِرَاقِهِ أَشْجَانُ

إِذْ حَفَّنَا لِفِرَاقِهِ أَشْجَانُ

We weep for the loss of your radiance, O Ramadan,

We weep for your absence, O Ramadan

We weep for the loss of your radiance, O Ramadan,

since sorrows have surrounded us at its departure.

As your separation overwhelms us with sorrows

As sorrows surround us upon its departure.

نَبْكِي لِبَيْنِ حُلاَكَ يَا زَيْنَ الْحُلَى

نَبْكِي لِبَيْنِ حُلاَكَ يَا زَيْنَ الْحُلَى

إِنَّ الْبُكَاءَ لِبَيْنِهَا إِيمَانُ

إِنَّ الْبُكَاءَ لِبَيْنِهَا إِيمَانُ

We weep for the departure of your adornments, O fairest of adornments;

We cry for your beautiful appearance, O epitome of beauty

We weep for the parting from your beauty, O fairest of adornments,

indeed, weeping for their departure is faith.

Indeed, crying for it is a sign of faith

For truly, weeping over their parting is a sign of faith.

نَبْكِي وَحُقَّ لَنَا وَقَلَّ لَهَا الْبُكَا

نَبْكِي وَحُقَّ لَنَا وَقَلَّ لَهَا الْبُكَا

لَوْ كَانَ يُسْعِدُنَا جَدىً هَتَّانُ

لَوْ كَانَ يُسْعِدُنَا جَدىً هَتَّانُ

We weep, and rightly so; yet weeping is too little for them,

We weep, and rightly so, while few tears have been shed for it

We weep, as is our right, though weeping is too little for it,

even if a pouring rain were to help us weep.

If only tears could bring it back in earnest

Even if a copious, pouring rain were to aid our tears.

نَبْكِي الصِّيَامَ وَفَضْلَهُ وَثَوَابَهُ

نَبْكِي الصِّيَامَ وَفَضْلَهُ وَثَوَابَهُ

وَيُعِينُنَا التَّسْبِيحُ وَالْقُرْآنُ

وَيُعِينُنَا التَّسْبِيحُ وَالْقُرْآنُ

We weep for fasting, its merit, and its reward,

We mourn the fasting and its virtues and rewards

We weep for the fasting, its virtue, and its reward,

and glorification of God and the Qur'an aid us.

As glorifying God and the Quran give us strength

While glorifications of God and the Quran come to our aid.

نَبْكِي التَّشَبُّهَ بِالْمَلاَئِكِ فِيكَ يا

نَبْكِي التَّشَبُّهَ بِالْمَلاَئِكِ فِيكَ يا

أَزْكَى الشُّهُورِكَمَا بَكَتْ صِبْيَانُ

أَزْكَى الشُّهُورِكَمَا بَكَتْ صِبْيَانُ

We weep for our likeness to the angels in you, O

We weep to emulate the angels through you, O the most virtuous

We weep for our resemblance to the angels during you, O

purest of months, as children have wept.

As children wept for your times

Purest of months, weeping just as children do.

نَبْكِي الرِّيَاضَةَ وَالنَّشَاطَ وَفَرْحَةَ الْ

نَبْكِي الرِّيَاضَةَ وَالنَّشَاطَ وَفَرْحَةَ الْ

إِفْطَارِ إِنْ يَنْبِضْ لَهُ شَرْيَانُ

إِفْطَارِ إِنْ يَنْبِضْ لَهُ شَرْيَانُ

We weep for self-discipline, vigor, and the joy of

We mourn the spiritual and physical vigor and the joy of

We weep for the spiritual discipline, the vigor, and the joy of

breaking the fast, if an artery throbs for it.

Breaking fast, if the heart still pulses for it

Breaking the fast, as long as a single vein throbs for it.

نَبْكِي وَنُبْكِي لِلتَّرَاوِيحِ التيِ

نَبْكِي وَنُبْكِي لِلتَّرَاوِيحِ التيِ

هِيَ لِلْقُلُوبِ الَّلتْ زَكَتْ رَيْحَانُ

هِيَ لِلْقُلُوبِ الَّلتْ زَكَتْ رَيْحَانُ

We weep and make others weep for the tarawih prayers, which

We weep and mourn for the Tarawih prayer

We weep and bring others to tears for the Tarawih prayers, which

are sweet basil for hearts that have grown pure.

Which purifies hearts like sweet basil

Are sweet basil to the hearts that have been purified.

وَقِيَامَنَا سَحَراً وَقَدْ وَشَتِ الرُّبَى

وَقِيَامَنَا سَحَراً وَقَدْ وَشَتِ الرُّبَى

أَسْرَارَهَا فَوَشَى بِهَا النَّسَمَانُ

أَسْرَارَهَا فَوَشَى بِهَا النَّسَمَانُ

And our standing in prayer before dawn, when the hills had divulged

And our pre-dawn prayer when the dew has diffused

And for our standing in prayer at dawn, while the hills have disclosed

their secrets, and the breeze then divulged them.

Its secrets through the breeze

Their secrets, spread afar by the gentle breezes.

وَالشُّهْبُ كَالَأصْدَافِ فِي بحْرِ الدُّجَى

وَالشُّهْبُ كَالَأصْدَافِ فِي بحْرِ الدُّجَى

يَرْقَى لَهَا غُوَّاصُهَا الْإِنْسَانُ

يَرْقَى لَهَا غُوَّاصُهَا الْإِنْسَانُ

And the bright stars are like shells in the sea of darkness;

The meteors are like seashells in the sea of night’s gloom

And the shooting stars are like seashells in the sea of darkness,

their diver, the human being, ascends toward them.

Which the human diver rises to collect

To which the human diver ascends.

أَوْ كَالَّلآلِئِ غَالَهَا عُبْدَانُ

أَوْ كَالَّلآلِئِ غَالَهَا عُبْدَانُ

يَبْهُو السَّوَادُ بِهِنَّ وَالَّلمَعَانُ

يَبْهُو السَّوَادُ بِهِنَّ وَالَّلمَعَانُ

Or like pearls that slaves have seized;

Or like pearls which the worshipers covet

Or like pearls gathered by devoted worshippers,

blackness and brilliance grow beautiful through them.

Illuminating the darkness with their shine

Through which the blackness and the gleam radiate with beauty.

أوْ كَالْكُؤُوسِ تُدِيرُهَا إِخْوَانُ

أوْ كَالْكُؤُوسِ تُدِيرُهَا إِخْوَانُ

أَوْ كَالأَزَاهِرِ إِذْ زَهَا الْبُسْتَانُ

أَوْ كَالأَزَاهِرِ إِذْ زَهَا الْبُسْتَانُ

Or like cups that brothers pass around,

Or like cups passed around by brothers

Or like cups being passed around by brothers,

or like blossoms when the garden bloomed,

Or like flowers when the garden is in full bloom

Or like blossoms when the garden is in full bloom,

أَوْ كَالْجِمَارِ يَحُفُّهُنَّ دُخَّانُ

أَوْ كَالْجِمَارِ يَحُفُّهُنَّ دُخَّانُ

أَوْ كَالْمُنَى قَدْ حَاطَهُ حِرْمَانُ

أَوْ كَالْمُنَى قَدْ حَاطَهُ حِرْمَانُ

or like embers surrounded by smoke,

Or like embers surrounded by smoke

Or like glowing embers surrounded by smoke,

or like hopes already encircled by deprivation.

Or like desires confined by deprivation

Or like hopes encircled by deprivation.

نَبْكِِيكَ حَتَّى تَمْرَهَ الأَجْفَانُ

نَبْكِِيكَ حَتَّى تَمْرَهَ الأَجْفَانُ

يَا حِلْيَةَ الأَزْمَانِ يَا رَمَضَانُ

يَا حِلْيَةَ الأَزْمَانِ يَا رَمَضَانُ

We weep for you until our eyelids grow sore,

We will weep for you until our eyelids wither

We weep for you until our eyelids grow sore,

O ornament of the ages, O Ramadan!

O jewel of eras, O Ramadan

O ornament of the ages, O Ramadan.

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَنَزَّلَ الْقُرْآنُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَنَزَّلَ الْقُرْآنُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَعَاظَمَ الإِحْسَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَعَاظَمَ الإِحْسَانُ

Why not, when in you the Qur'an descended?

Why not, when the Quran was revealed in you?

And why not, when in you the Quran was revealed?

Why not, when in you goodness grew immense?

Why not, when generosity proliferated in you?

And why not, when in you benevolence was magnified?

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَصَفَّدَ الشَّيْطَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَصَفَّدَ الشَّيْطَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَصَعَّدَ الْعُدْوَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَصَعَّدَ الْعُدْوَانُ

Why not, when in you Satan was fettered?

Why not, when Satan was shackled in you?

And why not, when in you the devil was shackled?

Why not, when in you aggression became difficult?

Why not, when aggression was subdued in you?

And why not, when in you hostility dissipated?

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَجَاوَزَ الرَّحْمَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَفِيكَ تَجَاوَزَ الرَّحْمَانُ

عَمَّنْْ جَنَى وَتَضَاعَفَ الْغُفْرَانُ

عَمَّنْْ جَنَى وَتَضَاعَفَ الْغُفْرَانُ

Why not, when in you the All-Merciful pardoned

Why not, when the Most Merciful forgave in you?

And why not, when in you the Most Merciful overlooked

those who sinned, and forgiveness multiplied?

Whom He has blessed and multiplied forgiveness for

The one who sinned, and forgiveness was multiplied?

فَلَقَدْ بَكَاكَ الدِّينُ حَقَّ بُكَائِهِ

فَلَقَدْ بَكَاكَ الدِّينُ حَقَّ بُكَائِهِ

لِمْ لاَ وَأَنْتَ لِعَيْنِهِ إِنْسَانُ

لِمْ لاَ وَأَنْتَ لِعَيْنِهِ إِنْسَانُ

For indeed, religion has wept for you as it rightly should;

Indeed, faith has rightly wept for you

For indeed, Religion has wept for you with its rightful weeping,

why not, when you are the pupil of its eye?

Why not, when you are its human eye?

And why not, when you are the very pupil of its eye?