ياO ليلnight اينwhere حبيبيmy beloved
يا ليل اين حبيبي
هلhas? غابvanished بينamong النجومthe stars
هل غاب بين النجوم
O night, where is my beloved?
O night, where is my beloved?
Has he vanished among the stars,
Did he disappear between the stars?
امor طارflew كالعندليبlike the nightingale
ام طار كالعندليب
امor هبblew مثلlike النسيمthe breeze
ام هب مثل النسيم
Or flown away like a nightingale,
Or did he fly like a nightingale?
Or wafted like the breeze?
Or blow away like a breeze?
ياO ليلnight وجهthe face of حبيبيmy beloved
يا ليل وجه حبيبي
بدرa full moon يضيءlights up اللياليthe nights
بدر يضيء الليالي
O night, my beloved's face
O night, the face of my beloved
Is a full moon lighting the nights.
Is a full moon lighting up the nights
ياO ليلnight منwho كحبيبيlike my beloved
يا ليل من كحبيبي
فيin حسنهhis loveliness والجمالand beauty
في حسنه والجمال
O night, who is like my beloved
O night, who is like my beloved
In his loveliness and beauty?
In his beauty and grace?
عيناهhis two eyes شمسthe sun of الصباحthe morning
عيناه شمس الصباح
وعارضاهand the two sides of his face جمانُpearls
وعارضاه جمانُ
His eyes are the morning sun,
His eyes are the morning sun
And the sides of his face are pearls.
His cheeks, rosebuds
خداهhis two cheeks زهرblossoms of الأقاحthe chrysanthemums
خداه زهر الأقاح
وقدهand his figure خيزرانbamboo
وقده خيزران
His cheeks are chrysanthemum blossoms,
His face, narcissus flowers
And his figure is bamboo.
His body, slender like a branch
وريقهand his saliva سلسبيلSalsabil (sweet-flowing water)
وريقه سلسبيل
واحرAh, the heat of شوقيmy longing اليهfor him
واحر شوقي اليه
And his saliva is Salsabil.
His complexion, anemones
Ah, the burning heat of my longing for him
And my passion for him
ولهفتيand my yearning والذهولand bewilderment
ولهفتي والذهول
يرفflutters فيin مقلتيهhis two eyes
يرف في مقلتيه
And my yearning! And bewilderment
Consumes me, bewilders me
Flutters in his eyes.
Trembles in my eyelashes
ياO ليلnight اينwhere حبيبيmy beloved
يا ليل اين حبيبي
ابثهI pour out to him نارthe fire of حبيmy love
ابثه نار حبي
O night, where is my beloved?
O night, where is my beloved?
I would pour out to him the fire of my love,
Fan in him the fire of my love
ولوعتيand my anguish ونحيبيand my sobbing
ولوعتي ونحيبي
وانتشيهand I grow drunk on him بقلبيwith my heart
وانتشيه بقلبي
And my anguish and my sobbing,
My torment and lament
And grow drunk on him with my heart.
Set him ablaze with my heart
ياOh للحبيبfor the beloved وياليand alas for me
يا للحبيب ويالي
وياand oh لحرfor the heat of جواياmy heartache
ويا لحر جوايا
Oh, the beloved! And alas for me!
O for my beloved, o nights
And oh, the heat of my heartache!
O for the heat of my longing
وياand oh لرقةfor the frailty of حاليmy condition
ويا لرقة حالي
وياand oh لطولfor the length of اساياmy sorrow
ويا لطول اسايا
And oh, the frailty of my condition!
O for the softness of my state
And oh, how long my sorrow lasts!
O for the length of my vigil
ياO ضارباًone roaming فيin الفلاةthe wilderness
يا ضارباً في الفلاة
وسابحاًand swimming فيthrough الفضاءspace
وسابحاً في الفضاء
O you roaming the wilderness,
O you who travel the desert
And swimming through space,
And swim through space
أينwhere الحبيبthe beloved حياتيmy life
أين الحبيب حياتي
فيon الأرضthe earth امor فيin السماءthe sky
في الأرض ام في السماء
Where is the beloved, my life—
Where is the beloved of my life?
On earth or in the sky?
On earth or in the sky?
احبهI love him ودموعيand my tears
احبه ودموعي
شهودwitnesses to حبيmy love وسهديand my sleeplessness
شهود حبي وسهدي
I love him, and my tears
I love him, my tears
Are witnesses to my love and sleeplessness.
Bear witness to my love, my insomnia
والنارand the fire طيwithin ضلوعيmy ribs
والنار طي ضلوعي
اللَهGod فيin نارthe fire of وجديmy passion
اللَه في نار وجدي
And fire lies within my ribs.
The fire in my ribs
God, help me in the fire of my passion!
By God, is but the fire of passion
اراكI see you ياO ليلnight تشدوyou sing
اراك يا ليل تشدو
معيwith me عذابsweet الأغانيthe songs
معي عذاب الأغاني
I see you, O night, singing
I see you, o night, humming
Sweet songs with me.
With me the agony of songs
فهلso, has? أثاركstirred you وجدpassion
فهل أثارك وجد
فرحتso you began تحييto revive الأمانيhopes
فرحت تحيي الأماني
Has passion stirred you, then,
Did the passion stir you?
So that you began to revive hopes?
Did you rejoice, revive my hopes?
ياO ليلnight زادhas increased شجونيmy sorrows
يا ليل زاد شجوني
ياO ليلnight زالhas vanished شبابيmy youth
يا ليل زال شبابي
O night, my sorrows have grown.
O night, you increased my pining
O night, my youth has gone.
O night, you ended my youth
ياO ليلnight ردbring back حبيبيmy beloved
يا ليل رد حبيبي
لقدindeed اطلتyou have prolonged عذابيmy torment
لقد اطلت عذابي
O night, bring back my beloved;
O night, return my beloved
You have indeed prolonged my torment.
For long has been my torment
Sol 6.1