رَفْرَفَتْ في دُجْيَةِ اللَّيْلِ الحَزينْ

رَفْرَفَتْ في دُجْيَةِ اللَّيْلِ الحَزينْ

زُمرةُ الأَحْلامْ

زُمرةُ الأَحْلامْ

In the darkness of the sorrowful night fluttered

A flock of dreams fluttered

There fluttered in the darkness of the mournful night

A band of dreams,

in the gloom of the sorrowful night,

A fleeting troop of dreams,

فَوْقَ سِرْبٍ من غَمَاماتِ الشُّجُونْ

فَوْقَ سِرْبٍ من غَمَاماتِ الشُّجُونْ

مِلْؤُها الآلامْ

مِلْؤُها الآلامْ

Above a flock of clouds of sorrow,

above a drove of clouds filled with sadness.

Above a flock formed of the clouds of grief,

Their fill was pain.

When the eyes of the stars saw

Brimming with endless pains.

شَخَصَتْ لمَّا رَأَتْ عَيْنُ النُّجُومْ

شَخَصَتْ لمَّا رَأَتْ عَيْنُ النُّجُومْ

بَعْثَةَ العُشَّاقْ

بَعْثَةَ العُشَّاقْ

The eye of the stars stared when it saw

the delegation of lovers,

The stars’ eyes gazed in fixed and stark surprise

The lovers' delegation,

they pelted them from the heavens with meteors

Upon the lovers’ rising,

وَرَمَتْها مِنْ سَمَاها بِرُجُومْ

وَرَمَتْها مِنْ سَمَاها بِرُجُومْ

تَسْكُبُ الأَحْراقْ

تَسْكُبُ الأَحْراقْ

And pelted it from its sky with missiles

that poured down burning.

And hurled their burning missiles from the skies,

Pouring out searing flames.

I was then spreading sorrows

Downpouring scorching fire.

كنتُ إذْ ذاكَ على ثَوْبِ السُّكُون

كنتُ إذْ ذاكَ على ثَوْبِ السُّكُون

أَنْثُرُ الأَحْزانْ

أَنْثُرُ الأَحْزانْ

I was then, upon the robe of stillness,

on the robe of tranquility,

While I, wrapped in the robe of silence then,

Scattering sorrows,

while passion poured the echoes of grief

Was scattering my sorrows,

والهَوَى يَسْكُبُ أَصْداءَ المَنُونْ

والهَوَى يَسْكُبُ أَصْداءَ المَنُونْ

في فُؤادٍ فَانْ

في فُؤادٍ فَانْ

While passion poured the echoes of death

into a melting heart-

As passion poured the echoes of demise

Into a perishing heart,

Silent, like all creation,

Into a perishing heart;

سَاكِتاً مِثْلَ جَميعِ الكَائِناتْ

سَاكِتاً مِثْلَ جَميعِ الكَائِناتْ

رَاكِدَ الأَلْحانْ

رَاكِدَ الأَلْحانْ

Silent, like all beings,

melodies stagnant,

Silent, as all created beings are,

With melodies stilled.

my heart roaming the depths of life,

With melodies grown still,

هائِمٌ قَلْبي بأَعْماقِ الحَيَاةْ

هائِمٌ قَلْبي بأَعْماقِ الحَيَاةْ

تَائِهٌ حَيْرانْ

تَائِهٌ حَيْرانْ

My heart was wandering in the depths of life,

wandering, confused.

My heart goes wandering in the depths of life,

Lost and bewildered.

For love has power over people

Lost and bewildered there.

إنَّ للحُبِّ على النَّاسِ يَدا

إنَّ للحُبِّ على النَّاسِ يَدا

تَقْصِفُ الأَعْمارْ

تَقْصِفُ الأَعْمارْ

Indeed, love has a hand over humankind

that shatters lifetimes,

For love possesses power over men

That shatters lives;

and it has a dawn, across the ages,

To shatter human lives,

وَلَهُ فَجْرٌ على طُولِ المدى

وَلَهُ فَجْرٌ على طُولِ المدى

سَاطِعُ الأَنْوارْ

سَاطِعُ الأَنْوارْ

And it has a dawn across the whole expanse,

radiant with light.

Yet holds a dawn that spans eternity,

Radiant with light:

The revolt of evil and dreams of peace,

With radiant, shining lights;

ثَوْرَةُ الشَّرِّ وأَحْلامُ السَّلامْ

ثَوْرَةُ الشَّرِّ وأَحْلامُ السَّلامْ

وجَمالُ النُّورْ

وجَمالُ النُّورْ

The uprising of evil and dreams of peace,

the beauty of light,

The tumult of all evil, dreams of peace,

And the beauty of light,

and the smile of dawn in the sorrow of darkness

The beauty of the light,

وابتسامُ الفَجْرِ في حُزْنِ الظَّلامْ

وابتسامُ الفَجْرِ في حُزْنِ الظَّلامْ

في العُيونِ الحُورْ

في العُيونِ الحُورْ

And dawn's smile in the sorrow of darkness,

in radiant eyes.

The smile of dawn amidst the gloom of dark,

In eyes with dark pupils and brilliant whites.

Within those enchanting eyes.