لولا الليالي ما حملنا القذى

لولا الليالي ما حملنا القذى

ليتك عنا يا ليالي نيام

ليتك عنا يا ليالي نيام

Were it not for the nights, we would not have borne the grit.

Had it not been for the nights, we would not have borne the hardship

Would that you were asleep, O nights, away from us.

Would that you nights would let us sleep

هبِك حميِت النفس أن تشتكي

هبِك حميِت النفس أن تشتكي

لن تمنعيها أن تمج اللئام

لن تمنعيها أن تمج اللئام

Suppose you kept the soul from complaining:

Your love made the soul complain

You will not prevent it from spitting out the vile.

You cannot stop it from attacking the wicked

نرحو بحلمي أن سنعلو وأن

نرحو بحلمي أن سنعلو وأن

تبقى معاليا ليوم القيام

تبقى معاليا ليوم القيام

We [hope], through my forbearance, that we shall rise, and that

We hope to rise in our dreams and

my noble deeds endure until the Day of Resurrection.

To keep the heights till Judgement Day

وأن نصون الحق عن معشر

وأن نصون الحق عن معشر

قد كتموا الحق وظنوا اكتتام

قد كتموا الحق وظنوا اكتتام

And that we safeguard the truth from a people

And to protect the truth from a people

who have concealed the truth and supposed it hidden.

Who have concealed the truth thinking it hidden

لعل أن ينصر من نصره ال

لعل أن ينصر من نصره ال

نصر ومن يرجى به الانتقام

نصر ومن يرجى به الانتقام

May he be aided who has been aided by

May He grant victory to those whose cause He aids

victory, and he through whom vengeance is hoped for.

Victory and vengeance hoped for through Him