يَامَن شكا لي أَنَّ في صَدْرِهِ

يَامَن شكا لي أَنَّ في صَدْرِهِ

قَلْباً وَحَاشَاهُ علَى الجَمْرِ

قَلْباً وَحَاشَاهُ علَى الجَمْرِ

O you who complained to me that within your breast

O you who complained to me that in his chest

lies a heart—may it be spared—upon the embers:

Is a heart though it is guarded from embers

النَّارُ في قَلْبِ السِّراجِ الذي

النَّارُ في قَلْبِ السِّراجِ الذي

لَهِيبُهُ يَعْلُو إلى الفَجْرِ

لَهِيبُهُ يَعْلُو إلى الفَجْرِ

the fire is in the heart of al-Siraj (the lamp), whose

The fire in the heart of the lamp which

flame rises until dawn.

Its flames rise to the dawn