تَفدي اللَيالي الَّتي بِالبُعدِ تُسخِطُني

تَفدي اللَيالي الَّتي بِالبُعدِ تُسخِطُني

تِلكَ اللَيالي الَّتي بِالقُربِ تُرضيني

تِلكَ اللَيالي الَّتي بِالقُربِ تُرضيني

May the nights that displease me through separation ransom

The nights I despise are those spent far from you,

those nights that please me through nearness.

While the nights that bring me joy are those by your side.

كانَت بِكُم فَرَعاها اللَهُ تُضَحِكني

كانَت بِكُم فَرَعاها اللَهُ تُضَحِكني

فَأَصبَحَت لا رَعاها اللَهُ تُبكيني

فَأَصبَحَت لا رَعاها اللَهُ تُبكيني

With you they used to make me laugh—so may God preserve them;

In your company they brought laughter, by God's grace,

then they began to make me weep—may God not preserve them.

Now, without you, by God, they bring me to tears.

يا بُعدَها غايَةً لِلشَوقِ غائِلَةً

يا بُعدَها غايَةً لِلشَوقِ غائِلَةً

مِن غَورِ مِصرَ إِلى عَلياءَ جَيرونِ

مِن غَورِ مِصرَ إِلى عَلياءَ جَيرونِ

Ah, how distant it is—a ruinous goal for longing—

Oh, your distance is the epitome of yearning,

from Egypt’s lowlands to the heights of Jayrun!

From the depths of Egypt to the heights of Gerona.

أَودَعتُمو مسمَعي مَكنونَ ذِكرِكُمُ

أَودَعتُمو مسمَعي مَكنونَ ذِكرِكُمُ

فَهاكُمُ دُرَّ دَمعي غَيرَ مَكنونِ

فَهاكُمُ دُرَّ دَمعي غَيرَ مَكنونِ

You entrusted to my hearing the hidden remembrance of you;

I confided to my hearing your name spoken softly,

so take the pearls of my tears, unconcealed.

So here is my tear, no longer a hidden pearl.