نورُ عَيني تَرَكتِ قَلبي جَناحا

نورُ عَيني تَرَكتِ قَلبي جَناحا

يَومَ فارَقتِني فَحَنَّ وَناحا

يَومَ فارَقتِني فَحَنَّ وَناحا

O light of my eye, you left my heart a wing,

The light of my eyes left my heart broken

The day you parted from me, so it yearned and wailed.

The day you left me, it yearned and lamented

جَوهَرَ الدُرِّ لَم أَنَلكِ وَلَو نِل

جَوهَرَ الدُرِّ لَم أَنَلكِ وَلَو نِل

تُكِ كُنتِ الغِنى وَكُنتِ الفَلاحا

تُكِ كُنتِ الغِنى وَكُنتِ الفَلاحا

O jewel of pearls, I have not won you; and if I won

I didn't attain the essence of pearls, even if I did

You, you would be riches, and you would be success.

With you I was wealthy, with you I prospered

كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري الرَسولَ إِلَينا

كَيفَ لَم تَذكُري الرَسولَ إِلَينا

وَقُعودي إِلَيكِ أَرعى الصَباحا

وَقُعودي إِلَيكِ أَرعى الصَباحا

How could you not remember the messenger to us,

How could you not remember the messenger between us

And how I sat waiting for you, watching for dawn?

As I sit waiting for you, herding the morning

يَشتَهي قُربَكِ الفُؤادُ وَلَكِن

يَشتَهي قُربَكِ الفُؤادُ وَلَكِن

لا تُبالينَهُ وَيَأبى اِنتِصاحا

لا تُبالينَهُ وَيَأبى اِنتِصاحا

The heart desires your nearness, and yet

My heart desires your nearness, but

You pay it no heed, and it refuses to heed advice.

You don't care for it, refusing consolation

ذَهَبَت نَظرَتي إِلَيكِ بِنَفسي

ذَهَبَت نَظرَتي إِلَيكِ بِنَفسي

وَنَمى الحُبُّ عَن فُؤادي فَباحا

وَنَمى الحُبُّ عَن فُؤادي فَباحا

My glance toward you carried away my soul,

My gaze went to you, with my soul

And love told on my heart and spoke openly,

And love sprouted in my heart, thriving

يَومَ أُذري إِلَيكِ مِن حَذَرِ الفُر

يَومَ أُذري إِلَيكِ مِن حَذَرِ الفُر

قَةِ دَمعي وَقَد عَزَمتُ الرَواحا

قَةِ دَمعي وَقَد عَزَمتُ الرَواحا

The day I shed toward you, for fear of separation,

The day I shed to you tears of separation

My tears, when I had resolved to depart.

I was determined to depart

نورُ عَيني لَو كانَ لي مِنكِ في السِت

نورُ عَيني لَو كانَ لي مِنكِ في السِت

رِ لَعيبٌ شَفَيتُ مِنّي قَراحا

رِ لَعيبٌ شَفَيتُ مِنّي قَراحا

O light of my eye, if I had from you, in secret,

The light of my eyes - if I had any blame from you

Some dalliance, I would heal the wounds within me.

I would be healed of my wounds

أَسلَمَتني عَيني إِلَيكِ وَقالَت

أَسلَمَتني عَيني إِلَيكِ وَقالَت

لَو تَعَزّى بِالصَبرِ عَنكِ اِستَراحا

لَو تَعَزّى بِالصَبرِ عَنكِ اِستَراحا

My eye surrendered me to you and said:

My eyes surrendered me to you, and said

If he took comfort in patience without you, he would find rest.

If only you could find solace in patience from me

وَمِنَ المُشتَكى سُلُوُّكِ عَنّي

وَمِنَ المُشتَكى سُلُوُّكِ عَنّي

وَاِشتِياقي قَد اِفتَضَحتُ اِفتِضاحا

وَاِشتِياقي قَد اِفتَضَحتُ اِفتِضاحا

And among my complaints is your forgetting me,

Of those who complain of your distance from me

And my longing—I have been utterly disgraced.

And my longing, I have been utterly disgraced