على النوى علمي .. بهم هجعة الليل

على النوى علمي .. بهم هجعة الليل

نجل العيون من البكا كحلها سال

نجل العيون من البكا كحلها سال

The last I knew of them was at parting, in the hush of night.

My skills taught me... sleepless nights' gathering

The kohl of those wide eyes ran from weeping.

The eyes' tears like kohl dripped down

واليوم غير الياس.. قل المراسيل

واليوم غير الياس.. قل المراسيل

يا من يطمّني عسى ليلهم طال

يا من يطمّني عسى ليلهم طال

And today, apart from despair, messages have grown scarce.

And today is unlike despair... say the messengers

Who will reassure me? I hope their night has dragged on.

O you who reassures me, may their night be long

الله على اللي ما صفط لي غرابيل

الله على اللي ما صفط لي غرابيل

لاشك شرع الحب همٍ وغربال

لاشك شرع الحب همٍ وغربال

God bless the one who has not piled ordeals upon me.

God be with those who did not weave sorrow for me

Yet love's law is sorrow and trial.

No doubt love's path is worry and sieve

قفّى ولي في حجر عينه تعاليل

قفّى ولي في حجر عينه تعاليل

تقول يا ذا البعد نجزيك بوصال

تقول يا ذا البعد نجزيك بوصال

He turned away, leaving me consolations in the hollow of his eye.

Stop, and in his eyes I have ornaments

They say, "O separation, we shall repay you with reunion."

Saying, O distant one, we will unite you with presence

وتعلقت روح الليالي المقابيل

وتعلقت روح الليالي المقابيل

و يا عنك ما يامن من الوقت رجّال

و يا عنك ما يامن من الوقت رجّال

And the soul of the coming nights hung suspended.

And the spirits of nights hung on me

And, mind you, no man is safe from time.

And O time, you who made men into men

لا ما علي لو دمع عيني هماليل

لا ما علي لو دمع عيني هماليل

الموت دمع القلب لا صار همّال

الموت دمع القلب لا صار همّال

No, I do not mind if my eye's tears fall in torrents.

It's not up to me if a tear from my eye became plentiful

Death is when the heart's tears flow unchecked.

Death is the heart's tear when it became filled with worries