جَفْنِيmy eyelid بِكُمْbecause of you مَنامُهُits sleep طَلَّقَهُhas divorced it
جَفْنِي بِكُمْ مَنامُهُ طَلَّقَهُ
كَمْhow often أَرْفُوI mend فُؤاداًa heart هَجْرُكُمْyour abandonment مَزَّقَهُhas torn it apart
كَمْ أَرْفُو فُؤاداً هَجْرُكُمْ مَزَّقَهُ
Because of you, sleep has divorced my eyelid.
How often I mend a heart your abandonment has torn apart!
يَاO مَنْyou who هَجَرُواthey have forsaken طَرْفِيmy eye مُحِبُّوهits lovers كَرىًslumber
يَا مَنْ هَجَرُوا طَرْفِي مُحِبُّوه كَرىً
باللَّهby God عَسَىmay الخَيالُthe phantom أَنْto يَطْرُقَهُvisit it by night
باللَّه عَسَى الخَيالُ أَنْ يَطْرُقَهُ
O you who have forsaken me—my eye's lovers are slumber—
By God, may the phantom visit it by night.