رُبَّ لَيلٍ قَد سَهِرتُه

رُبَّ لَيلٍ قَد سَهِرتُه

رُبَّ دَمعٍ قَد أَفَضتُه

رُبَّ دَمعٍ قَد أَفَضتُه

Many a night I have stayed awake through.

Many a night have I passed sleepless,

Many a tear I have shed.

Many a tear have I shed,

رُبَّ حُزنٍ لي طَويلٍ

رُبَّ حُزنٍ لي طَويلٍ

مَعَ حُبٍّ لي كَتَمتُه

مَعَ حُبٍّ لي كَتَمتُه

Many a long sorrow has been mine,

Much sorrow have I borne,

along with a love of mine I have concealed.

With a love I kept hidden,

لَو يَذوقُ المَوتَ أَشجى ال

لَو يَذوقُ المَوتَ أَشجى ال

ناسَ بِالحُبِّ لَذُقتُه

ناسَ بِالحُبِّ لَذُقتُه

If death were tasted by the most grief-stricken of

If death were to taste the bitterest

people through love, I would have tasted it.

Of people in love, I would have tasted it,

بِأَبي مَن لا يُبالي

بِأَبي مَن لا يُبالي

غِبتُ عَنهُ أَو شَهِدتُه

غِبتُ عَنهُ أَو شَهِدتُه

May my father be ransom for the one who does not care

By the One who cares not

whether I am absent from him or present with him.

If I am absent from him or with him,

أَنا مِن أَسخَنِ خَلقِ ال

أَنا مِن أَسخَنِ خَلقِ ال

لَهِ عَيناً مُذ عَرَفتُه

لَهِ عَيناً مُذ عَرَفتُه

I am among the most burning-eyed of the creatures of

I am of the most passionate of God's creation for Him,

God, ever since I came to know him.

I have had an eye on Him since I knew Him.