وَلَيلَةِ هَجرٍ بِتُّ أَرقُبُ صُبحَها

وَلَيلَةِ هَجرٍ بِتُّ أَرقُبُ صُبحَها

وَدَمعيَ مُنهَلٌّ وَطَرفِيَ ساهِرُ

وَدَمعيَ مُنهَلٌّ وَطَرفِيَ ساهِرُ

Through a night of separation, I stayed awake, watching for its dawn,

And a night of separation I spent watching for its dawn,

My tears streaming while my eye remained wakeful.

And my tears were streaming, and my eye was wakeful.

أَقولُ لَها إِذا ضِقتُ ذَرعاً بِطولِها

أَقولُ لَها إِذا ضِقتُ ذَرعاً بِطولِها

أَيا لَيلَةَ الهِجرانِ ما لَكِ آخِرُ

أَيا لَيلَةَ الهِجرانِ ما لَكِ آخِرُ

I say to it, when I can bear its length no more:

I say to it, when I can no longer bear its length:

O night of separation, have you no end?

O night of separation, you have no end!