الحبُّ أرّقني، واليأسُ أضناني،

الحبُّ أرّقني، واليأسُ أضناني،

والبـيْـنُ ضاعفَ آلامي وأَحزاني

والبـيْـنُ ضاعفَ آلامي وأَحزاني

Love kept me sleepless, and despair wore me down,

Love kept me awake, and despair weakened me,

Love has banished my sleep, and despair has worn me down,

And separation doubled my pains and my sorrows.

And separation doubled my sorrows and grief.

While separation has multiplied my anguish and my sorrows.

والرُّوحُ في حبِّ لَيْلاَيَ استحالَ إلى

والرُّوحُ في حبِّ لَيْلاَيَ استحالَ إلى

دمـعٍ، فأَمطرَه شِعري ووجـدانِـي

دمـعٍ، فأَمطرَه شِعري ووجـدانِـي

And my soul, in love for my Layla, turned into

My soul's love for my beloved turned

My spirit, in love for my Layla, has transformed into

Tears, which my poetry and my feelings then rained down.

Into tears that my poetry and essence rain.

Tears, which my verse and my inner being have rained down.

أساهرُ النّجم، والأكوانُ هامدةٌ

أساهرُ النّجم، والأكوانُ هامدةٌ

تُصغي أنيني، بأشواقٍ وتَحنانِ

تُصغي أنيني، بأشواقٍ وتَحنانِ

I keep vigil with the star, while the worlds lie still,

I stay up late with the stars, while the universe sleeps.

I keep vigil with the stars while the universes lie dormant,

Listening to my moaning with longing and tenderness.

It listens to my groans, with longing and affection,

Listening to my lament with longing and tenderness.

كأنما وغُرابُ الليل منحدرٌ

كأنما وغُرابُ الليل منحدرٌ

روحي وقلبي بجنبيهِ جناحانِ

روحي وقلبي بجنبيهِ جناحانِ

As though, while the raven of night descends,

As if the night raven descends,

It is as if, while the raven of night swoops down,

My soul and my heart were two wings at its sides.

With my soul and heart its two wings.

My soul and my heart are two wings upon its sides.

نطوي معاً صهواتِ الليل في شَغَفٍ،

نطوي معاً صهواتِ الليل في شَغَفٍ،

ونَرقُبُ الطّيفَ مِن آنٍ إلى آن

ونَرقُبُ الطّيفَ مِن آنٍ إلى آن

Together we traverse the saddlebacks of night in passion,

We fold together the dark night's dreams in passion,

Together we traverse the saddles of the night in passion,

And watch for the apparition from moment to moment.

And watch for the specter from moment to moment.

Watching for the phantom vision from moment to moment.

رِفقاً بلادي فأنتِ الكونُ أجمعُهُ،

رِفقاً بلادي فأنتِ الكونُ أجمعُهُ،

لولاكِ كنـتُ بـلادي هالكاً فاني

لولاكِ كنـتُ بـلادي هالكاً فاني

Be gentle, my country, for you are the whole universe;

Gentle is my homeland, for you are the whole universe.

Gently, my country, for you are the entire universe;

Without you, my country, I would perish and fade away.

Without you I would be lost and vanishing.

Were it not for you, my land, I would be perishing and lost.

لك الفؤادُ، وما في الجسمِ من رمقٍ،

لك الفؤادُ، وما في الجسمِ من رمقٍ،

ومِن دماءٍ، ومن روحٍ وجُثمانِ

ومِن دماءٍ، ومن روحٍ وجُثمانِ

Yours is the heart, and whatever spark of life the body holds,

My heart is yours, and all the vigor in my body,

Yours is the heart, and whatever spark of life remains in this body,

And its blood, its spirit, and its bodily frame.

And blood, and soul, and flesh and bone.

And the blood, and the spirit, and the mortal frame.

لكِ الرقابُ، وما في الكون من نفسٍ،

لكِ الرقابُ، وما في الكون من نفسٍ،

مُدِّي يـمـيـنَ الـوفـا، يا عـيـنَ إنساني

مُدِّي يـمـيـنَ الـوفـا، يا عـيـنَ إنساني

Yours are the necks, and every soul in the universe;

Yours are all lives, and every soul in existence.

Yours are the bowed necks, and every soul in existence;

Extend the right hand of fidelity, O eye of my being.

Extend to me your hand of loyalty, O light of humankind!

Extend the right hand of loyalty, O essence of my humanity.

«لكِ الـحـيـاةُ، فجودي بالوصالِ، فما

«لكِ الـحـيـاةُ، فجودي بالوصالِ، فما

أحلى وِصالكِ في قلبي ووُجَّدانِي»

أحلى وِصالكِ في قلبي ووُجَّدانِي»

Life is yours; be generous with union—for how

"Yours is life, so be generous with union, for nothing

"Yours is life itself, so grant the generosity of union, for

Sweet union with you is in my heart and my feelings!

Is sweeter than your company in my heart and breast."

How sweet is your union within my heart and my conscience."