أَلا لَيتَ أَنّي مِنكُم حَيثُ كُنتُمُ

أَلا لَيتَ أَنّي مِنكُم حَيثُ كُنتُمُ

مَكانَ سُهَيلٍ مِن جَميعِ الكَواكِبِ

مَكانَ سُهَيلٍ مِن جَميعِ الكَواكِبِ

Ah, would that I were to you, wherever you are,

Wherever you may be, oh how I wish that I were there with you

as Suhayl is to all the stars.

In the place of Suhail, among all the stars,

يَراهُنَّ أَصحاباً وَهُنَّ يَرَينَهُ

يَراهُنَّ أَصحاباً وَهُنَّ يَرَينَهُ

وَيَسري إِذا يَسرينَ غَيرَ مُصاحِبِ

وَيَسري إِذا يَسرينَ غَيرَ مُصاحِبِ

He sees them as companions, and they see him;

They see him as a companion, and he sees them in turn

and he journeys by night when they do, without a companion.

He journeys on when they journey, though not as their companion