كم بت من المسا إلى الأشراق

كم بت من المسا إلى الأشراق

من فرقتكم ومطربي أشواقي

من فرقتكم ومطربي أشواقي

How often I passed the night, from evening until daybreak,

How often I have spent the night from dusk until dawn,

Parted from you, with my longings as my minstrel;

parted from you, with my longings as my minstrel;

والهم منا دمي ونقلي ندمي

والهم منا دمي ونقلي ندمي

والدمع مدا متى وجفني الساقي

والدمع مدا متى وجفني الساقي

Sorrow was my boon companion, and remorse my wine-relish;

sorrow my drinking companion, and remorse my relish;

And tears—how long, until when?—were my wine, my eyelid the cupbearer.

tears my wine, and my eyelid the cupbearer.