اقر اللهُ عينكِ يا جفوني

اقر اللهُ عينكِ يا جفوني

فقد أعتقت من رق السهاد

فقد أعتقت من رق السهاد

May God gladden your eye, O my eyelids.

May God delight your eyes, O my eyelids,

For you have indeed been freed from the bondage of sleeplessness.

For you have been freed from the shackles of sleepiness.

ويا عيني لك البشرى فنامي

ويا عيني لك البشرى فنامي

وتهنيك السلامة يا فؤادي

وتهنيك السلامة يا فؤادي

And O my eye, glad tidings are yours—so sleep.

And O my eyes, good tidings to you, so sleep,

And may safety gladden you, O my heart.

And congratulations on your safety, O my heart!

نزعت عن الهوى وبرئت منه

نزعت عن الهوى وبرئت منه

إليك وكنت دهري في جهاد

إليك وكنت دهري في جهاد

I have turned away from passion and declared myself free of it

I have been weaned from passion and cured of it;

Before you—and all my life I had been in struggle.

To you I have returned after struggling with it forever.