جَفْنِي ابْتُلِي بِالأَرَقِ

جَفْنِي ابْتُلِي بِالأَرَقِ

لِلَّهِ جَفْنِي مَا لَقِي

لِلَّهِ جَفْنِي مَا لَقِي

My eyelid has been afflicted with sleeplessness.

My eyelids are afflicted with insomnia

My eyelids are afflicted with sleeplessness,

God, my eyelid—what it has endured!

To God, my eyelids found no rest

By God, what my eyelids have endured!

وَطَالَ لَيْلِي فَشَقِي

وَطَالَ لَيْلِي فَشَقِي

قَلْبِي بِنَارِ حُرَقِي

قَلْبِي بِنَارِ حُرَقِي

And my night grew long, so tormented was

And my night grew long, so I suffered

And my night grew long, and so suffered

My heart by the fire of my burning pangs.

My heart burned with the fire of my suffering

My heart in the fire of my burning passion.

صِحْتُ أَسىً فِي الْغَسَقِ

صِحْتُ أَسىً فِي الْغَسَقِ

ذَا كَلِفٍ وَقَلَقِ

ذَا كَلِفٍ وَقَلَقِ

I cried out in sorrow in the dusk,

I woke up in sorrow during the darkness

I cried out in sorrow in the deep darkness,

Filled with ardent love and anxiety:

Exhausted and anxious

As one burdened by infatuation and anxiety.

يَا دَهْمَةَ اللَّيْلِ ارْفِقِي

يَا دَهْمَةَ اللَّيْلِ ارْفِقِي

بِمَا بَقِي مِنْ رَمَقِ

بِمَا بَقِي مِنْ رَمَقِ

O blackness of night, be gentle

O darkness of the night, be gentle

O darkness of the night, be gentle

With what remains of life's breath.

With what remains of my vigor

With what is left of my dying breath.

يَا لَيْتَ طُولَ أَرَقِي

يَا لَيْتَ طُولَ أَرَقِي

يَعْلَمُ كَمْ مِنْهُ بَقِي

يَعْلَمُ كَمْ مِنْهُ بَقِي

Oh, if only my long sleeplessness

Oh, if only the length of my sleeplessness

Oh, would that my prolonged sleeplessness

Knew how much of it remains,

Knew how much of it remains

Knew how much of it remains,

وَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ فَلَقِ

وَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ فَلَقِ

And whether it has a dawn.

And whether there is a crack in it for me

And whether it will ever have a dawn.