1. يا رَبِّ ما لِي صَبرُ

    وَلا لِلَيلِيَ فَجرُ

    O my Lord, I have no patience,

    nor is there any dawn for my night.

  2. وَحَشُو قَلبي جَمرُ

    طالَ فَما يَقَرُّ

    My heart is filled with embers;

    it has lasted long and does not subside.

  3. أَفسَدَ ديني بَدرُ

    في الطَرفِ مِنهُ سِحرُ

    A full moon has corrupted my faith.

    There is magic in his gaze,

  4. وَالقَلبُ مِنهُ صَخرُ

    كَأَنَّ فاهُ الخَمرُ

    and his heart is stone.

    His mouth is like wine;

  5. يَنبُتُ فيهِ الدُرُّ

    وَوَعدُهُ يَغُرُّ

    pearls grow within it.

    And his promise beguiles:

  6. حُلوٌ وَخُلفٌ مُرٌّ

    يا لَيلُ بَل يا دَهرُ

    sweet, yet its breaking is bitter.

    O night—rather, O eternity!

  7. طُلتَ وَطالَ الفَجرُ

    You have dragged on, and dawn is long delayed.