1. يا راقد الليل إن اللَيل قد صدرا

    والنجم غار ووجه الصبح قد سفرا

    O sleeper of the night, the night has departed,

    and the star has sunk, and dawn's face has been unveiled.

  2. والشهب في لجج الجرباء تحسبها

    نحو المغيب نفيس الدر منتشرا

    And the bright stars in the depths of the sky—you would think them

    precious pearls scattered toward the west.

  3. تشول كالشول بعد الحشر روعها

    سهيل وهو لها فحل وقد جفرا

    They raise their tails like dry she-camels after herding, startled by

    Suhayl, their breeding male, though he has ceased to mate.

  4. والورق هبت وبالألحان قد سجعت

    في مائد الدوح والمكاء قد صفرا

    And the gray doves have awakened and cooed melodiously

    among the swaying great trees, and the lark has whistled.

  5. قم من رقادك إن كنت الحريص على

    فعل الصلاح وبادر عند من بدرا

    Rise from your sleep, if you are eager to

    do righteous deeds, and hasten with those who have hastened.

  6. فازت رجال لطيب النوم هاجرةً

    فاهجر منامك تلقي حظ من هجرا

    Men have triumphed by forsaking the sweetness of sleep;

    so forsake your slumber; you will gain the share of those who forsook it.

  7. يا مدعي الحب للباري أراك على

    لين الفراش نزيفاً من كؤوس كرى

    O you who claim to love the Creator, I see you on

    soft bedding, drunk from cups of slumber.

  8. إن المحب لمن يهوى ببيت له

    عين تلذ لمن يحلو به سهرا

    Indeed, the lover has, at home, for the one he loves,

    an eye that delights in wakefulness for the one who makes it sweet.

  9. فركعتان بجوف الليل جالبة

    لك الرضى وسعيد الحظ والظفرا

    For two cycles of prayer in the heart of night bring

    you favor, good fortune, and victory.

  10. من يبتغي منكم الحورا يعانقها

    فليسأل اللَه كي يحظى بها سحرا

    Whoever among you seeks to embrace the houri,

    let him ask God before dawn, that he may win her.

  11. أراكم يا عباد اللَه في سكر

    هيهات يبلغ عين الفضل من سكرا

    I see you, O servants of God, in a drunken stupor;

    how far the drunken are from reaching the essence of virtue!

  12. لو أنها نفعت منكم عقولكم

    لكان كلكم بالموت معتبرا

    Had those minds of yours been of use,

    every one of you would have taken heed from death.

  13. فأين من شاد قصراً كي يحل به

    أراه عنه على الأرغام قد قصرا

    Where, then, is the one who built a palace to dwell in it?

    I see him kept away from it against his will.

  14. وكاتنز ذهباً ذخراً لشدته

    أمسى ببطن الثرى لم يدر ما ذخرا

    And the hoarder of gold, storing it against his hardship,

    has come to lie in earth's belly, not knowing what he stored.

  15. يا خالقي إنني أدعوك مبتهلاً

    هبني النجاة وكن للذنب مغتفرا

    O my Creator, I call upon You in supplication;

    grant me deliverance, and be forgiving of sin.

  16. أبغي الجوار أجرني من عذاب غد

    أنت الحفظي فما أحتاج للخفرا

    I seek protection; shield me from tomorrow's torment.

    You are the Protector, so I need no guards.

  17. على النبي صلاة منك دائمة

    وآله الغر والمستأثر الأثرا

    May an unceasing blessing from You rest upon the Prophet,

    and his radiant family, and the one who claims the legacy for himself.