أَيا لَيلُ لا اِنقَضَيت

وَيا صُبحُ لا أَتَيت

O Night, may you never pass away,

And O Morning, may you never arrive.

وَيا لَيلُ إِن أَرَدتَ

طَريقاً فَلا اِهتَدَيت

And O Night, should you desire

A way to leave, may you never find the path.

حَبيبي بِأَيِّ ذَنبٍ

بِهِجرانِكَ اِبتَلَيت

My beloved, for what sin

Have I been afflicted with your abandonment?

فَوَاللَهِ لا حُرِمْتُ

كَ فَاِحتَل بِما اِشتَهَيت

By God, may I never be deprived

Of you; so do whatever you please.

وَوَاللَهِ لا قَطَعتُ

كَ إِن زُرتَ أَو نَأَيت

And by God, I have never severed ties

With you, whether you visited or stayed far.

وَلا زِلتُ عاشِقاً لَ

كَ إِن شِئتَ أَو أَبَيت

And I have never ceased to be a lover

To you, whether you wished it or refused.

رَجَوتُ السُلُوَّ عَنكَ

فَهَيهاتَ ما رَأَيت

I hoped for solace to forget you,

But how impossible is what I saw!

وهَيهاتَ ما طَلَبتُ

وَهَيهاتَ ما اِبتَغَيت

And how impossible is what I sought!

And how impossible is what I desired!