تَوَلَّى اللَّهُ من رَقَدَا

وعلَّم مُقْلَتي السُّهُدَا

God turned away from the one who slept

And taught my eyelids wakefulness

وماطَلَنِي بموعِدِهِ

وأخْلَفَني الذي وَعَدَا

And did not make me wait long for His promise

And the one who promised was untrue to me

أغارُ عليْهِ من عَيْني

إذا هُوَ اللعُيُونِ بَدَا

I am jealous of him from my eyes

When he appears to the eyes

فلولا خوفُ خالِقِهَا

إذاً لَقَلَعْتُهَا حَسَدَا

And were it not for fear of their Creator

I would have plucked them out of jealousy