1. قلْ لهذا اللَّيْلِ مهما شئتَ طُلْ

    إنَّ عَيني جُبِلَتْ بالأَرَقِ

    Tell this night: stretch on as long as you wish.

    Indeed, my eye was fashioned for sleeplessness.

  2. أَنْتَ طاوَلْتَ صَبوراً ثابِتاً

    من مُعاناةِ الدُّجى لم يَقْلَقِ

    You have tried to outlast one patient and steadfast,

    who has not grown restless from enduring the darkness.

  3. كيفَ يأْوي العينَ يا ليلُ الكَرى

    وهي تَجْري دائِماً بالحُرَقِ

    How can slumber find shelter in the eye, O night,

    while it streams unceasingly with burning grief?

  4. خَلِّني منكَ ودَعْني إنَّني

    سَهَري حتَّى اللِّقا من خُلُقي

    Leave me free of you and let me be; as for me,

    my vigil until the meeting is part of my nature.

  5. أَنا إنْ مُزِّقَ بعضي في الهَوَى

    سَتَراهُ ساهِراً ما قدْ بَقي

    As for me, if part of me is torn apart in love,

    you will see it wakeful for as long as it remains.