سَقياً لِشَعبانَ مِن شَهرٍ أُعَظِّمُهُ

سَقياً لِشَعبانَ مِن شَهرٍ أُعَظِّمُهُ

إِنّي لَأَذكُرُ مِنهُ لَيلَةً عَجَبا

إِنّي لَأَذكُرُ مِنهُ لَيلَةً عَجَبا

May rain bless Shaʿban, a month I revere.

A drink for Sha'ban from a month I glorify

Indeed, I remember a wondrous night in it.

Indeed, I recall from it a wonderfully strange night

لَو كانَ قَلبي سِوى قَلبي سَعِدتُ بِهِ

لَو كانَ قَلبي سِوى قَلبي سَعِدتُ بِهِ

وَلَم أُقاسِ الهَوى وَالهَجرَ وَالتَعَبا

وَلَم أُقاسِ الهَوى وَالهَجرَ وَالتَعَبا

If my heart were other than my own, I would be happy with it,

If only my heart were like my heart I would be happy with it

and would not suffer love, abandonment, and weariness.

And I would not have experienced passion, separation, and fatigue

أَشكو إِلى اللَهُ أَنّي مُنذُ لَم أَرَكُم

أَشكو إِلى اللَهُ أَنّي مُنذُ لَم أَرَكُم

أَسقي التُرابَ دُموعاً تُنبِتُ العُشُبا

أَسقي التُرابَ دُموعاً تُنبِتُ العُشُبا

I complain to God that, ever since I ceased to see you,

I complain to God that since I last saw you

I water the earth with tears that make the grass grow.

I water the soil with tears that grow plants

إِنَّ الرَسولَ الَّذي كانَت سَرائِرُنا

إِنَّ الرَسولَ الَّذي كانَت سَرائِرُنا

مَدفونَةً عِندهُ يا فَوزُ قَد ذَهَبا

مَدفونَةً عِندهُ يا فَوزُ قَد ذَهَبا

Indeed, the messenger with whom our secrets lay

Indeed, the Messenger in whom our secrets were

buried, O Fawz, has gone.

Buried, oh prized one, has passed away

فَاِستَخلِفي لي رَسولاً ذا مُحافَظَةٍ

فَاِستَخلِفي لي رَسولاً ذا مُحافَظَةٍ

لا خَيرَ فيهِ إِذا ما خانَ أَو كَذَبا

لا خَيرَ فيهِ إِذا ما خانَ أَو كَذَبا

So appoint another messenger for me, one who keeps confidences;

So appoint for me a messenger of integrity

there is no good in him if he betrays or lies.

No good in him if he betrays or lies