باتَ الخَيالُ مِن الصُلَيتِ مُؤَرِّقي

باتَ الخَيالُ مِن الصُلَيتِ مُؤَرِّقي

يَفري السَراةَ مَع الرَبابَ المُلثِقِ

يَفري السَراةَ مَع الرَبابَ المُلثِقِ

The phantom from al-Ṣulayt kept me wakeful all night,

The apparition from al-Ṣulayt kept me awake all night,

cleaving through the Sarāt heights amid rain-laden clouds.

cleaving the Sarāt highlands alongside the drenching clouds.

ما راعَني إِلّا بَياضُ وُجُيهِهِ

ما راعَني إِلّا بَياضُ وُجُيهِهِ

تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ كَالسِراجِ المُشرِقِ

تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ كَالسِراجِ المُشرِقِ

Nothing startled me save the whiteness of its delicate little face,

Nothing startled me but the whiteness of his little face,

there in the deep darkness, like a radiant lamp.

beneath the darkness, like a shining lamp.