يا ليل اين حبيبي
هل غاب بين النجوم
O night, where is my beloved?
Did he disappear between the stars?
ام طار كالعندليب
ام هب مثل النسيم
Or did he fly like a nightingale?
Or blow away like a breeze?
يا ليل وجه حبيبي
بدر يضيء الليالي
O night, the face of my beloved
Is a full moon lighting up the nights
يا ليل من كحبيبي
في حسنه والجمال
O night, who is like my beloved
In his beauty and grace?
عيناه شمس الصباح
وعارضاه جمانُ
His eyes are the morning sun
His cheeks, rosebuds
خداه زهر الأقاح
وقده خيزران
His face, narcissus flowers
His body, slender like a branch
وريقه سلسبيل
واحر شوقي اليه
His complexion, anemones
And my passion for him
ولهفتي والذهول
يرف في مقلتيه
Consumes me, bewilders me
Trembles in my eyelashes
يا ليل اين حبيبي
ابثه نار حبي
O night, where is my beloved?
Fan in him the fire of my love
ولوعتي ونحيبي
وانتشيه بقلبي
My torment and lament
Set him ablaze with my heart
يا للحبيب ويالي
ويا لحر جوايا
O for my beloved, o nights
O for the heat of my longing
ويا لرقة حالي
ويا لطول اسايا
O for the softness of my state
O for the length of my vigil
يا ضارباً في الفلاة
وسابحاً في الفضاء
O you who travel the desert
And swim through space
أين الحبيب حياتي
في الأرض ام في السماء
Where is the beloved of my life?
On earth or in the sky?
احبه ودموعي
شهود حبي وسهدي
I love him, my tears
Bear witness to my love, my insomnia
والنار طي ضلوعي
اللَه في نار وجدي
The fire in my ribs
By God, is but the fire of passion
اراك يا ليل تشدو
معي عذاب الأغاني
I see you, o night, humming
With me the agony of songs
فهل أثارك وجد
فرحت تحيي الأماني
Did the passion stir you?
Did you rejoice, revive my hopes?
يا ليل زاد شجوني
يا ليل زال شبابي
O night, you increased my pining
O night, you ended my youth
يا ليل رد حبيبي
لقد اطلت عذابي
O night, return my beloved
For long has been my torment
