ذَهب الشِراع وَصلت الملاحُ

ذَهب الشِراع وَصلت الملاحُ

في جنح لَيل ما لِذاكَ صَباح

في جنح لَيل ما لِذاكَ صَباح

The sail is gone, and the sailor has lost his way—

The sail is gone; the sailor has arrived,

in the depths of a night that knows no dawn.

In the depths of a night that has no dawn.

وَسَفينَتي لَم يَبقَ مِنها قطعة

وَسَفينَتي لَم يَبقَ مِنها قطعة

إِلّا وَمَزقها بِلا وَرباح

إِلّا وَمَزقها بِلا وَرباح

Of my ship, not a single piece remains

And not a piece of my ship remains

that decay and the winds have not torn apart.

That has not been torn apart [the final phrase is unclear in the Arabic].

وَالسُحب تَهطل وَالرُعود صَواعق

وَالسُحب تَهطل وَالرُعود صَواعق

وَالبَرق سَيف فاتك سَفاح

وَالبَرق سَيف فاتك سَفاح

The clouds pour down, and the thunder is all thunderbolts;

The clouds pour down, and the thunderclaps are thunderbolts;

lightning is a deadly, murderous sword.

And lightning is a deadly, bloodthirsty sword.

وَجهت وَجهي نَحو بابك راجياً

وَجهت وَجهي نَحو بابك راجياً

إِذ سُدّت الأَبواب يافتاح

إِذ سُدّت الأَبواب يافتاح

I have turned my face toward Your door in hope,

I turned my face toward Your door, hoping,

when all doors are shut, O Opener.

When the doors were shut, O Opener.