وليلةِand a night عارضٍa rain cloud لاno نومَsleep فيهاin it
وليلةِ عارضٍ لا نومَ فيها
أرِقتُI lay awake بهاduring it إلىuntil الصبحthe dawn الفَتيقِradiant
أرِقتُ بها إلى الصبح الفَتيقِ
And a rain-cloud night, with no sleep in it—
On a night of passing rain, no sleep came
I lay awake through it until the radiant dawn.
I was awake until the bright dawn
حمانيkept me from النومsleep فيهاin it سقفُthe roof of بيتٍa house
حماني النوم فيها سقفُ بيتٍ
كأنَّas though سماءَهits ceiling عَيْنُthe eye of المشوقthe yearning lover
كأنَّ سماءَه عَيْنُ المشوق
The roof of a house kept me from sleep that night,
Sleep avoided me in a house
As though its ceiling were a yearning lover’s eye.
As if its ceiling were my beloved's eye
تواصَلتjoined together السحائبُthe clouds وهوand it بيتٌa house
تواصَلت السحائبُ وهو بيتٌ
وصدَتand they withdrew وهوand it قارعةُthe middle of الطريقِthe road
وصدَت وهو قارعةُ الطريقِ
When the clouds joined together, it was a house;
The clouds gathered and it was a house
And when they withdrew, it was the open road.
They encountered and it was a roadblock
تفيضoverflow عيونُthe eyes of جيرتناour neighbors عليناupon us
تفيض عيونُ جيرتنا علينا
إذاwhenever نظرواthey look إلىat الغيمthe clouds الرقيقthin
إذا نظروا إلى الغيم الرقيق
Our neighbors’ eyes overflow upon us
Our neighbors' eyes poured over us
Whenever they look at the thin clouds.
When they looked upon the delicate cloud