يُقاتِلُني عَلَيكَ اللَيلُ جِدّاً

يُقاتِلُني عَلَيكَ اللَيلُ جِدّاً

وَمُنصَرَفي لَهُ أَمضى السِلاحِ

وَمُنصَرَفي لَهُ أَمضى السِلاحِ

The night fights me over you in earnest,

The night battles me so hard for your sake

The night battles me fiercely for your sake,

And my departure is its sharpest weapon.

And I who take up arms for it spend all night awake

And my departure is its keenest blade.

لِأَنّي كُلَّما فارَقتُ طَرفي

لِأَنّي كُلَّما فارَقتُ طَرفي

بَعيدٌ بَينَ جَفني وَالصَباحِ

بَعيدٌ بَينَ جَفني وَالصَباحِ

For whenever I part from you, my gaze

For when my eyes move off of you for just a blink

For whenever you vanish from my sight,

Stretches far between my eyelid and the dawn.

So far, far off are they now from the break of day

Vast is the distance between my eyelids and the dawn.