سَهِرتُ في الحبِّ ليلاً

سَهِرتُ في الحبِّ ليلاً

ما ذُقتُ فيه سُباتا

ما ذُقتُ فيه سُباتا

I stayed awake in love one night;

I stayed up all night in love

I tasted no slumber in it.

Not tasting any sleep in it

تَنَفّسَ الصّبحُ فيهِ

تَنَفّسَ الصّبحُ فيهِ

فسَرَّ روحاً وذاتا

فسَرَّ روحاً وذاتا

Dawn breathed within it,

Morning breathed in it

And so gladdened soul and self.

Spreading spirit and essence

وَغابَ عَنّي كَأنّي

وَغابَ عَنّي كَأنّي

لَم يُبدِ نَحوي اِلتِفاتا

لَم يُبدِ نَحوي اِلتِفاتا

And it vanished from me, as though I

And it disappeared from me as if

Had been shown no regard.

It had not paid attention to me

فَقُلتُ لِلّيلِ قُلْ لي

فَقُلتُ لِلّيلِ قُلْ لي

بِأيِّنْ صُبحكَ باتا

بِأيِّنْ صُبحكَ باتا

So I said to the night: Tell me,

So I said to the night, tell me

Where did your dawn spend the night?

Where did your morning spend the night?

فَقالَ لَم يَبقَ صبحٌ

فَقالَ لَم يَبقَ صبحٌ

فَإنّ صُبحِيَ فاتا

فَإنّ صُبحِيَ فاتا

It said: No dawn remains,

It said no morning remains

For my dawn has gone.

For my morning has passed

وَالصّبحُ كانَ عَليلاً

وَالصّبحُ كانَ عَليلاً

لَمّا تَنَفَّس ماتا

لَمّا تَنَفَّس ماتا

And dawn was ailing;

And the morning was ill

When it breathed, it died.

When it breathed, it died