مَا أَطْوَلَ اللَّيْلَ عَلَى السَّاهِرِ

أَمَا لِهَذَا اللَّيْلِ مِنْ آخِرِ

How long is the night to the wakeful one!

Will this night not end?

يَا مُخْلِفَ الْوَعْدِ أَلا زَوْرَةٌ

أَقْضِي بِهَا الْحَقَّ مِنَ الزَّائِرِ

O breaker of promises, is there no chance

to fulfill my right against the departing one?

تَرَكْتَنِي مِنْ غَمَرَاتِ الْهَوَى

فِي لُجِّ بَحْرٍ بِالرَّدَى زَاخِرِ

You left me amidst the deep sorrows of passion

in a turbulent sea of torment.

أَسْمَعُ فِي قَلْبِي دَبِيبَ الْمُنَى

وَألْمَحُ الشُّبْهَةَ فِي خَاطِرِي

I hear in my heart the rustling of death

and glimpse the doubt in my thoughts.

فَتَارَةً أَهْدَأُ مِنْ رَوْعَتِي

وَتَارَةً أَفْزَعُ كَالطَّائِرِ

At times I calm down from my panic,

at others I startle like a bird.

وَبَيْنَ هَاتَيْنِ شَبَا لَوْعَةٍ

لَهَا بِقَلْبِي فَتْكَةُ الثَّائِرِ

And between these two is the agony of a wound

that violently tears my heart.

فَهَلْ إِلَى الْوُصْلَةِ مِنْ شَافِعٍ

أَمْ هَلْ عَلَى الصَّبْوَةِ مِنْ نَاصِرِ

Is there no intercessor to reunion?

Or no helper against separation?

يَا قَلْبُ لا تَجْزَعْ فَإِنَّ الْمُنَى

فِي الصَّبْرِ وَاللَّهُ مَعَ الصَّابِرِ

O heart, do not despair, for wishes

come with patience and God aids the patient.