رَضيتُ بِما أَفنَيتَ فارضَ بِما بَقى

رَضيتُ بِما أَفنَيتَ فارضَ بِما بَقى

وَما أَتَّقيكَ اليَومَ قَد كُنتُ أَتَّقي

وَما أَتَّقيكَ اليَومَ قَد كُنتُ أَتَّقي

I am content with what you have destroyed; be content with what remains.

I am content with what you have destroyed; be content with what remains.

Today I no longer guard myself against you, though once I did.

And I do not fear you today, though once I did.

وَأَذكَيتَ أَشجاني فَهَل أَنتَ مُحرِقي

وَأَذكَيتَ أَشجاني فَهَل أَنتَ مُحرِقي

وَأَطلَقتَ أَجفاني فَهَل أَنتَ مُغرِقي

وَأَطلَقتَ أَجفاني فَهَل أَنتَ مُغرِقي

You have kindled my sorrows—are you, then, to burn me?

And you have kindled my sorrows—will you burn me?

You have set my eyelids flowing—are you, then, to drown me?

And you have unloosed my eyelids—will you drown me?

بَذَلتُ لَهُ رِقىً فَهَل هُوَ ما لِكي

بَذَلتُ لَهُ رِقىً فَهَل هُوَ ما لِكي

وَمَلَّكتُهُ قَلبي فَهَل هُوَ مُعتِقي

وَمَلَّكتُهُ قَلبي فَهَل هُوَ مُعتِقي

I yielded him my servitude—is he, then, my master?

I offered him my servitude—so is he my master?

I made him master of my heart—will he, then, set me free?

And I made him master of my heart—will he set me free?

لَقَد ضَرَبوا ما بَينَ جَفنِيَ وَالكَرى

لَقَد ضَرَبوا ما بَينَ جَفنِيَ وَالكَرى

بِأَبعَدَ مِمّا بَينَ غَربٍ وَمَشرِقِ

بِأَبعَدَ مِمّا بَينَ غَربٍ وَمَشرِقِ

They have truly set the distance between my eyelids and sleep

Indeed, they have made the gap between my eyelid and slumber

farther than the distance between West and East.

greater than that between west and east.

أَلا هَل أَتى الواشينَ أَنا عَلى النَوى

أَلا هَل أَتى الواشينَ أَنا عَلى النَوى

بِطَيفِ الكَرى أَو بِالأَمانِيِّ نَلتَقي

بِطَيفِ الكَرى أَو بِالأَمانِيِّ نَلتَقي

Ah, has word reached the tale-bearers that, though I am far away,

Ah, have the tale-bearers heard that, despite separation,

through sleep’s phantom—or through wishes—we meet?

we meet through sleep’s phantom or through wishes?

وَلا ثَوبَ إِلّا مِن ظَلامٍ مُزَرَّرٍ

وَلا ثَوبَ إِلّا مِن ظَلامٍ مُزَرَّرٍ

وَلا زادَ إِلّا مِن نُعاسِ مُرَتَّقِ

وَلا زادَ إِلّا مِن نُعاسِ مُرَتَّقِ

It has no robe but darkness, buttoned close,

And no garment save one of buttoned darkness,

and no provisions but drowsiness patched together;

and no provisions save patched-up drowsiness.

يَخوضُ إِلَينا بَحرَ لَيلٍ وَلَم يَخُض

يَخوضُ إِلَينا بَحرَ لَيلٍ وَلَم يَخُض

وَمِن تَحتِهِ بَدرُ المَحاقِ كَزَورَقِ

وَمِن تَحتِهِ بَدرُ المَحاقِ كَزَورَقِ

it wades toward us through a sea of night, yet has not waded it,

He wades toward us through a sea of night, yet has not waded,

and beneath it is the dark moon’s full orb, like a skiff.

and beneath him the full moon of the dark phase is like a skiff.