أتيتُ أُعالجُ بابَ الحمى

أتيتُ أُعالجُ بابَ الحمى

وما كنتُ منها على موعدِ

وما كنتُ منها على موعدِ

I came, trying to open the sanctuary's door,

I came to heal at the door of passion

Though I had no appointment with her.

Yet I had no appointment there

ولما عييتُ جلستُ كأني

ولما عييتُ جلستُ كأني

فقيرٌ على بابها اجتدي

فقيرٌ على بابها اجتدي

And when I grew weary, I sat as though I were

And when I grew weary, I sat as if

A poor man at her door, begging for alms.

A beggar at its door seeking alms

وكادَ محيا الصباح يلوحُ

وكادَ محيا الصباح يلوحُ

ويفضحُ امريَ للمغتدي

ويفضحُ امريَ للمغتدي

And the face of morning was about to appear

And the smile of dawn was about to appear

And expose my affair to the early wayfarer.

Exposing my affair to the transgressor

فقمت لامضي ولكن صوتاً

فقمت لامضي ولكن صوتاً

أتاني كهمسِ النسيم الندي

أتاني كهمسِ النسيم الندي

So I rose to leave, but a voice

So I got up to leave but then a voice

Came to me like the whisper of the dewy breeze.

Came to me like a breeze's whisper

عرفتك يا صوتُ صوتَ ثريا

عرفتك يا صوتُ صوتَ ثريا

تقول مكانكَ لا تبعدِ

تقول مكانكَ لا تبعدِ

I recognized you, O voice—the voice of Thurayya—

I recognized you, oh voice of Thurayya

Saying, 'Stay where you are; do not go away.'

Saying "Do not go far from your place"

وخفَّت لتفتحَ بابَ حماها

وخفَّت لتفتحَ بابَ حماها

وقالت بحقكِ لا تصعدِ

وقالت بحقكِ لا تصعدِ

And she hurried to open her sanctuary's door,

And she softened to open the door of her zeal

And said, 'For your sake, do not come up.

And said "You have the right, do not climb"

لقد رقَّ سِترُ الظلامِ علينا

لقد رقَّ سِترُ الظلامِ علينا

وهب نيامٌ من المرقد

وهب نيامٌ من المرقد

Indeed, the veil of darkness has grown thin over us,

The veil of darkness had fallen upon us

And sleepers have risen from their beds.

And slumber came from the beds

فغِب واقضِ بالصبرِ هذا النهارَ

فغِب واقضِ بالصبرِ هذا النهارَ

وعندَ هبوطِ الظلامِ عُدِ

وعندَ هبوطِ الظلامِ عُدِ

So go away, and spend this day in patience,

So leave and bear this day with patience

And when darkness falls, return.'

And at nightfall of shadows, return