وُقَّيتَ حادِثَةَ اللَيالي

وُقَّيتَ حادِثَةَ اللَيالي

وَحُرِستَ مِن عَينِ الكَمالِ

وَحُرِستَ مِن عَينِ الكَمالِ

May you be spared the calamity of the nights,

You were guarded from the incidents of nights

and guarded from the eye of perfection.

And protected from the evil eye of perfection

يا مالِكاً بِصَنيعِهِ

يا مالِكاً بِصَنيعِهِ

حازَ المَعاني وَالمَعالي

حازَ المَعاني وَالمَعالي

O master who, through his kindness,

O owner of deeds

has attained noble qualities and lofty honors,

That reaped meanings and glories

قَسَماً بِأَنعُمِكَ الجِسا

قَسَماً بِأَنعُمِكَ الجِسا

مِ عَلى المُؤَمِّلِ وَالمَوالي

مِ عَلى المُؤَمِّلِ وَالمَوالي

I swear by your great favors

I swear by your generous character

upon the hopeful and the allies:

Towards the hopeful and the loyalists

إِنّي لَمُشتاقٌ إِلى

إِنّي لَمُشتاقٌ إِلى

تِلكَ الشَمائِلِ وَالجَمالِ

تِلكَ الشَمائِلِ وَالجَمالِ

I truly long for

Indeed I long for

those traits of character and that beauty.

Those attributes and that beauty

وَلَقَد ذَكَرتُ القُربَ مِن

وَلَقَد ذَكَرتُ القُربَ مِن

كَ وَطيبَ أَيّامي الخَوالي

كَ وَطيبَ أَيّامي الخَوالي

And indeed, I recalled my nearness to

And I remembered the closeness

you, and the sweetness of my bygone days.

To you and the good days of my prime

فَطَفِقتُ أَصفُقُ راحَتي

فَطَفِقتُ أَصفُقُ راحَتي

وَعِندَ صَفقَتِها مَقالي

وَعِندَ صَفقَتِها مَقالي

So I began clapping my hands,

So I started clapping my palms

and with the clapping, my words were:

And with their clapping, my words

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى سُعا

كَيفَ السَبيلُ إِلى سُعا

دَ وَدونَها فَلَكُ الحَيالي

دَ وَدونَها فَلَكُ الحَيالي

How can I find the way to Suʿād,

How is the way to happiness

with the sphere of al-Ḥayālī barring the way?

And without it for you are the trials