تخْلُو هُمُومي بي وَأَخْلُو بِها

تخْلُو هُمُومي بي وَأَخْلُو بِها

طُوْلَ لَيالٍ مَا لَهَا مِن صَبَاحْ

طُوْلَ لَيالٍ مَا لَهَا مِن صَبَاحْ

My worries are alone with me, and I am alone with them,

My worries leave me and I leave them

All through nights that have no dawn.

Through nights so long they have no dawn

طَارَ الكَرَى عَن وَكرهِ والدُّجَى

طَارَ الكَرَى عَن وَكرهِ والدُّجَى

غُرَابُهُ فِيه مَهِيضُ الجَناحْ

غُرَابُهُ فِيه مَهِيضُ الجَناحْ

Sleep has flown from its nest, while darkness—

Darkness has flown from its den

Its raven is there with a broken wing.

Its raven within folds its wings

وَلوْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّيلَ عَن صُبحهِ

وَلوْ سَأَلْتَ اللَّيلَ عَن صُبحهِ

لَقَالَ أَلْهَتْهَ الوُجُوهُ الصِّباحْ

لَقَالَ أَلْهَتْهَ الوُجُوهُ الصِّباحْ

And if you asked the night about its dawn,

If you asked the night about its morn

It would say, 'Beautiful faces have distracted it.'

It would say the faces of dawn have distracted it

وَقَالَ سَامَرْتُ نُجُومَ السَّمَا

وَقَالَ سَامَرْتُ نُجُومَ السَّمَا

مُذْ غَرَّبَتْ عَنْكَ بُدورُ السَّمَاحْ

مُذْ غَرَّبَتْ عَنْكَ بُدورُ السَّمَاحْ

And it said, 'I have conversed by night with the stars of heaven,

And it would say I conversed with heaven's stars

Since generosity's full moons set beyond your sight.'

Since the circles of forgiveness have set away from you