لا منامٌ له ولا إسفارُ

ليلهُ سرمدٌ وليسَ نهارُ

No sleep, and no waking,

His night is eternal with no dawning,

صدَّ عنهُ الصباحُ مذ صدَّ عنهُ

لا يزورُ الصباحُ مَن لا يُزارُ

Since dawn has turned away from visiting him,

Dawn does not visit those who are not visited,

سنةٌ في الوصالِ ليلةُ هجرٍ

ليتَني متُّ والليالي قصارُ

A year of union is a night of separation,

Would that I had died while nights were still short,

صرَّحَ الدمعُ بالذي كتمَ القل

بُ ويبقى مع البكا أسرارُ

My tears revealed what my heart had concealed,

And secrets remain with my weeping.