صَدفَ الحَبيبُ بِوَصلِهِ

صَدفَ الحَبيبُ بِوَصلِهِ

فَجَفا رُقادي إِذ صَدَف

فَجَفا رُقادي إِذ صَدَف

The beloved turned away, withholding his company;

My beloved came with his affection,

so sleep forsook me when he turned away.

So my slumber left when he came.

وَنَثَرتُ لُؤلُؤَ عَبرَةٍ

وَنَثَرتُ لُؤلُؤَ عَبرَةٍ

أَضحى لَها جَفني صَدَف

أَضحى لَها جَفني صَدَف

And I scattered pearls of tears;

And I shed the pearls of my tears -

my eyelid became their shell.

My eyelids became like seashells.