قلَقٌ، فَلا نومٌ، ولا غَمْضٌ، وَلا

قلَقٌ، فَلا نومٌ، ولا غَمْضٌ، وَلا

زارَ الكَرى عينًا لَنا كيْ تسْبِلا

زارَ الكَرى عينًا لَنا كيْ تسْبِلا

Anxiety—no sleep, no closing of the eyes, nor

Sleeplessness, so no sleep, no rest, no

has slumber visited an eye of ours that it might close.

The eyes visited the settlements, so that it flows

وَسَطَ الدُّجى أَرَقٌ تَجلَّى، والضُّحى

وَسَطَ الدُّجى أَرَقٌ تَجلَّى، والضُّحى

 أضْحى بعيدًا، ما أطلَّ ولا انْجلى

أضْحى بعيدًا، ما أطلَّ ولا انْجلى

Amid the darkness, sleeplessness revealed itself; and morning light

In the darkness of night awake appeared, and the morning

has grown distant: it has neither appeared nor come into view.

Became far, it did not last long or unfold

وحديْ أرومُ السّابحاتِ كأنَّني

وحديْ أرومُ السّابحاتِ كأنَّني

خيطٌ طَوى نورَ الُّلجينِ وما سَلا

خيطٌ طَوى نورَ الُّلجينِ وما سَلا

Alone, I seek those that swim, as though I were

Alone I pretend to swim as if I

a thread that folded up silver's light and found no solace.

A thread that folded the light of the two seas and did not flow

يا ليلُ ويحَكَ إنْ أَقمتَ مُنازِلًا

يا ليلُ ويحَكَ إنْ أَقمتَ مُنازِلًا

غَلَبَ الذي حـازَ المَواقِعَ أعْزَلا

غَلَبَ الذي حـازَ المَواقِعَ أعْزَلا

O night, woe to you! If you remain a combatant,

O night, woe to you, if you stay

he who has secured the positions will defeat an unarmed man.

The one who seized the places conquered the most barren