صَاحِي الجَوانحِ لَسْتُ مِنْهُ بِصَاحي

صَاحِي الجَوانحِ لَسْتُ مِنْهُ بِصَاحي

سَلَبَ الجُسُومَ وهَمَّ بِالأَرْوَاحِ

سَلَبَ الجُسُومَ وهَمَّ بِالأَرْوَاحِ

Sober of heart is he; because of him, I am not sober.

My companion of sorrows, I am no companion of his

He has plundered bodies and set his sights on souls.

He stole resolve and intended the souls

يَا بَدْرُ قَدْ سَدَّ العَزامُ مَسالِكي

يَا بَدْرُ قَدْ سَدَّ العَزامُ مَسالِكي

فأَنِرْ بِوَجْهِكَ مَسْرَحِي ومَرَاحِي

فأَنِرْ بِوَجْهِكَ مَسْرَحِي ومَرَاحِي

O full moon, al-ʿazām [unclear as written] has blocked my paths.

O moon, the resolute have blocked my paths

So light, with your face, my roaming ground and my resting place.

So light up my stage and resting places with your face

قَدْ حِرْتُ فِيكَ بِمَنْ أَرُومُ تَشفّعاً

قَدْ حِرْتُ فِيكَ بِمَنْ أَرُومُ تَشفّعاً

حَتَّى تَفُوزَ مَقاصِدِي بِنَجَاحِ

حَتَّى تَفُوزَ مَقاصِدِي بِنَجَاحِ

I am bewildered over you: through whom shall I seek intercession,

I have pleaded in you the one I intend to intercede

So that my aims may achieve success?

So my aims succeed and attain triumph

بِفُؤَادِي المُرْتَاحِ أم بِسُهَادِيَ ال

بِفُؤَادِي المُرْتَاحِ أم بِسُهَادِيَ ال

فَضَّاحِ أَمْ بِودَادِيَ الوَضَّاحِ

فَضَّاحِ أَمْ بِودَادِيَ الوَضَّاحِ

By my yearning heart, or by my sleeplessness—the

Is it with my contented heart or my vigilant self

Tell-tale one—or by my radiant love?

Or my evident affection?

فَبِعَرْفِكَ الفَيَّاحِ أو فَبِطرْفِكِ ال

فَبِعَرْفِكَ الفَيَّاحِ أو فَبِطرْفِكِ ال

سَفّاحِ أَوْ فبِعطْفِكَ الرَّمَّاحِ

سَفّاحِ أَوْ فبِعطْفِكَ الرَّمَّاحِ

Then by your wafting fragrance, or else by your gaze—the

So by your magnanimity, or by your flirtatious glance

Blood-shedding one—or else by your spear-thrusting figure:

Or by your gentle sympathy

لا تَرْقُدَنْ عَنْ ساهرٍ في لَيْلةٍ

لا تَرْقُدَنْ عَنْ ساهرٍ في لَيْلةٍ

مُذْ غَابَ وَجْهُكَ لم يَفُزْ بِصَباحِ

مُذْ غَابَ وَجْهُكَ لم يَفُزْ بِصَباحِ

Do not sleep, heedless of one awake through a night—

Do not sleep away from a wakeful one on a night

Since your face vanished, he has known no dawn.

Since your face set, he attained no dawn