وَمُستَريحِ الأجفانِ من سهرٍ

وَمُستَريحِ الأجفانِ من سهرٍ

أورَثنيهِ بطولِ إعراضِ

أورَثنيهِ بطولِ إعراضِ

And one whose eyelids rest, free from sleeplessness,

And of my eyelids resting from staying up

Has bequeathed it to me by turning away so long.

It was bequeathed to me by my long estrangement

يا طرفُ هذا الذي جنيتَ فذُق

يا طرفُ هذا الذي جنيتَ فذُق

نَغَّصكَ اليومَ أمسكَ الماضِي

نَغَّصكَ اليومَ أمسكَ الماضِي

O eye, this is what you have wrought—so taste it:

O you whose happiness was picked today

Your bygone yesterday has embittered you today.

Your yesterday's past had brought you torment