أيهاO you السَّائلِيwho ask me عنabout النومِsleep إنِّيindeed I
أيها السَّائلِي عن النومِ إنِّي
لمdid not أذُقْهtaste it منfrom بعدafter ساعةِthe hour of بَيْنِيmy parting
لم أذُقْه من بعد ساعةِ بَيْنِي
O you who ask me about sleep, I
O you who ask about sleep, I
have not tasted it since the hour of my parting.
Have not tasted it since the hour we parted
أتَظُنُّdo you think المَنامَslumber يدخُلenters جَفْنِيmy eyelid
أتَظُنُّ المَنامَ يدخُل جَفْنِي
كيفhow هذاthis وحُسْنُهand his beauty مِلءُfilling عَيْنِيmy eye
كيف هذا وحُسْنُه مِلءُ عَيْنِي
Do you think slumber enters my eyelid?
Do you think sleep can enter my eyelids
How can this be, when his beauty fills my eye?
How, when his beauty fills my eyes
Sol 6.1