الحبُّ أرّقني، واليأسُ أضناني،

والبـيْـنُ ضاعفَ آلامي وأَحزاني

Love kept me awake, and despair weakened me,

Love has banished my sleep, and despair has worn me down,

And separation doubled my sorrows and grief.

While separation has multiplied my anguish and my sorrows.

والرُّوحُ في حبِّ لَيْلاَيَ استحالَ إلى

دمـعٍ، فأَمطرَه شِعري ووجـدانِـي

My soul's love for my beloved turned

My spirit, in love for my Layla, has transformed into

Into tears that my poetry and essence rain.

Tears, which my verse and my inner being have rained down.

أساهرُ النّجم، والأكوانُ هامدةٌ

تُصغي أنيني، بأشواقٍ وتَحنانِ

I stay up late with the stars, while the universe sleeps.

I keep vigil with the stars while the universes lie dormant,

It listens to my groans, with longing and affection,

Listening to my lament with longing and tenderness.

كأنما وغُرابُ الليل منحدرٌ

روحي وقلبي بجنبيهِ جناحانِ

As if the night raven descends,

It is as if, while the raven of night swoops down,

With my soul and heart its two wings.

My soul and my heart are two wings upon its sides.

نطوي معاً صهواتِ الليل في شَغَفٍ،

ونَرقُبُ الطّيفَ مِن آنٍ إلى آن

We fold together the dark night's dreams in passion,

Together we traverse the saddles of the night in passion,

And watch for the specter from moment to moment.

Watching for the phantom vision from moment to moment.

رِفقاً بلادي فأنتِ الكونُ أجمعُهُ،

لولاكِ كنـتُ بـلادي هالكاً فاني

Gentle is my homeland, for you are the whole universe.

Gently, my country, for you are the entire universe;

Without you I would be lost and vanishing.

Were it not for you, my land, I would be perishing and lost.

لك الفؤادُ، وما في الجسمِ من رمقٍ،

ومِن دماءٍ، ومن روحٍ وجُثمانِ

My heart is yours, and all the vigor in my body,

Yours is the heart, and whatever spark of life remains in this body,

And blood, and soul, and flesh and bone.

And the blood, and the spirit, and the mortal frame.

لكِ الرقابُ، وما في الكون من نفسٍ،

مُدِّي يـمـيـنَ الـوفـا، يا عـيـنَ إنساني

Yours are all lives, and every soul in existence.

Yours are the bowed necks, and every soul in existence;

Extend to me your hand of loyalty, O light of humankind!

Extend the right hand of loyalty, O essence of my humanity.

«لكِ الـحـيـاةُ، فجودي بالوصالِ، فما

أحلى وِصالكِ في قلبي ووُجَّدانِي»

"Yours is life, so be generous with union, for nothing

"Yours is life itself, so grant the generosity of union, for

Is sweeter than your company in my heart and breast."

How sweet is your union within my heart and my conscience."