بَدَتْ وَجَناحُ الفَجْرِ لَمْ يَتَنَفَّضِ

لَوامِعُ بَرْقٍ يَشْتَكي الأَيْنَ مُومِضِ

The wings of dawn appeared, they did not flutter,

Flashes of lightning complaining - where is the twinkler?

يَلوحُ ابْتِسامَ العامِرِيَّةِ وَالجَوى

يُبَرِّحُ بي وَالنَّجْمُ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّضِ

The smile of prosperity and wellbeing is seen,

It bids me farewell while the star did not wink.

فَقُلْتُ لِأَدْنَى صاحِبَيَّ وقد طَوى

عَلى النَّوْمِ جَفْنَيْ راقِدِ اللَّيْلِ مُغْمِضِ

So I said to my closest friend as he folded

Over sleep his eyelids, the night slumbering,

تَصِحُّ وَتَلْحانِي فَذَرْنِي وَحُبَّها

فَإِنَّ مُصِحِّي في الصَّبابَةِ مُمْرِضي

“Wake up and rouse me!” But leave me be, and her love,

For my rouser in youth makes me sick.

وَمَنْ يَتَعَوَّضْ عَنْ هَواهُ فَإِنَّني

وَجَدِّكَ عَنْ ظَمْياءَ لَمْ أَتَعَوَّضِ

He who is consoled of his passion, I swear

By your life! I have not been consoled.

أَحِنُّ إِلَيْها وَالنَّوى مُطمَئِنَّةٌ

بِنا وَبُيوتُ الحَيِّ لَمْ تَتَقوَّضِ

I yearn for her while fortune is settled

Between us, and the homes of the neighborhood did not crumble.

فَلا الصَّبْرُ مَوْجودٌ وَلا القَلْبُ ذاهِلٌ

وَلا الشَّمْلُ مَجْموعٌ وَلا الشَّوْقُ مُنْقَضِ

Neither is patience present, nor is the heart forgetful,

Neither is union complete, nor longing finished.