يا قابِري بِدَلالِه

يا قابِري بِدَلالِه

وَدامِري بِمِطالِه

وَدامِري بِمِطالِه

O you who bury me with your coquetry,

O you who changes my night

O you who buries me with his coquetry,

And destroy me with your delays,

Making it short with its length

And destroys me with his delay,

وَيا مِبَدِّلَ لَيلي

وَيا مِبَدِّلَ لَيلي

قِصارَهُ بِطِوالِه

قِصارَهُ بِطِوالِه

And O you who change my nights,

I seek refuge in a face

O you who transforms my night,

Replacing their short ones with their long ones,

The full moon in its likeness

Replacing its brevity with endless length,

أَعوذُ مِنكَ بِوَجهٍ

أَعوذُ مِنكَ بِوَجهٍ

بَدرُ الدُجى في مِثالِه

بَدرُ الدُجى في مِثالِه

I seek refuge from you in a face

Yet it is sweeter from you

I seek refuge from you in a face

Whose likeness the full moon of night bears;

For the beauty of its mole

Whose likeness is the full moon of the dark,

لَكِنَّهُ مِنكَ أَحلى

لَكِنَّهُ مِنكَ أَحلى

لِحُسنِ مَوضِعِ خالِه

لِحُسنِ مَوضِعِ خالِه

Yet it is sweeter than you,

Alas, have mercy on one fallen

Yet it is sweeter still,

For the lovely placement of its mole.

Under the mantle and its shadows

For the beautiful placement of its mole.

أَلا رَحِمتَ صَريعاً

أَلا رَحِمتَ صَريعاً

تَحتَ الرَدى وَظِلالِه

تَحتَ الرَدى وَظِلالِه

Will you not pity one struck down,

One who sees not but the ghosts of

Will you not have mercy on a fallen victim

Beneath death and its shadows,

A bed other than its image

Cast beneath death and its shadows?

مَن لا يَرى مِن وَثيرِ ال

مَن لا يَرى مِن وَثيرِ ال

فِراشِ غَيرَ خَيالِه

فِراشِ غَيرَ خَيالِه

Who sees nothing from the soft

Frail as an anklet he is

One who sees nothing of the soft

Bed but his phantom,

Hidden from his blamer

Bedding except its phantom image,

مِثلُ الخَلالِ نَحيلٌ

مِثلُ الخَلالِ نَحيلٌ

يَخفى عَلى عُذّالِه

يَخفى عَلى عُذّالِه

Thin as a toothpick,

So one who wished you ill

Emaciated like a splinter,

Unseen by those who reproach him?

Would be in his state

Invisible even to his critics.

فَمَن بَغى لَكَ سوءً

فَمَن بَغى لَكَ سوءً

فَكانَ في مِثلِ حالِه

فَكانَ في مِثلِ حالِه

So whoever seeks harm for you,

So whoever seeks evil for you,

Then may he be in a plight like his.

May he end up in a state just like his.