وَلَيلٍ بِهِ الخودُ زارَت مَحلّي

وَلَيلٍ بِهِ الخودُ زارَت مَحلّي

وَإِنّي سَقيمُ الجَفا وَالأَرَق

وَإِنّي سَقيمُ الجَفا وَالأَرَق

And on a night when the fair maiden visited my dwelling,

By night when she came to my abode

while I was ailing from estrangement and sleeplessness,

I was sick with sleeplessness and heartache

بَدا صُبحهُ غِيرة حينَ زارَت

بَدا صُبحهُ غِيرة حينَ زارَت

وَأَبدَى التّنَفّس حتّى اِنفَلَق

وَأَبدَى التّنَفّس حتّى اِنفَلَق

its dawn appeared out of jealousy when she visited,

At the gleam of dawn she came to visit me

and revealed its breathing until it split open.

And kept sighing deeply till she fainted