إِنّي رأيتُكِ في المَنام ضَجيعَتي

إِنّي رأيتُكِ في المَنام ضَجيعَتي

وَكَأَنَّ ساعِدَك الوَثيرَ وِسادي

وَكَأَنَّ ساعِدَك الوَثيرَ وِسادي

Indeed, I saw you in a dream, lying beside me,

I saw you in a dream, lying by my side,

And it was as though your soft forearm were my pillow,

Your plump arm seemed my pillow,

وَكأَنَّما عانَقتِني وَشكَوتِ ما

وَكأَنَّما عانَقتِني وَشكَوتِ ما

أَشكوهُ مِن وَجدي وَطول سُهادي

أَشكوهُ مِن وَجدي وَطول سُهادي

And as though you embraced me and lamented what

As if you were embracing me, confiding what

I lament: my longing and my long sleeplessness,

I confide from my love and my long wakefulness.

وَكأَنَّني قَبّلتُ ثَغرَكِ وَالطلى

وَكأَنَّني قَبّلتُ ثَغرَكِ وَالطلى

وَالوَجنَتَينِ وَنِلتُ مِنك مُرادي

وَالوَجنَتَينِ وَنِلتُ مِنك مُرادي

And as though I kissed your mouth and neck,

And as if I kissed your lips and your cheeks

And both your cheeks, and gained from you what I desired.

And attained my desire from you.

وَهَواكِ لَولا أنَّ طَيفَكِ زائِرٌ

وَهَواكِ لَولا أنَّ طَيفَكِ زائِرٌ

في الغَبّ لي ما ذُقتُ طَعمَ رُقادي

في الغَبّ لي ما ذُقتُ طَعمَ رُقادي

By my love for you, were your phantom not to visit

And I love you - if your image did not visit me

Me at intervals, I would never have known the taste of sleep.

In the darkness, I would not have tasted sleep's sweetness.