وَشَمعَةٌ تَنفي ظَلام الدُجى

وَشَمعَةٌ تَنفي ظَلام الدُجى

نَفيَ يَدي العُدم عَن الناسِ

نَفيَ يَدي العُدم عَن الناسِ

And a candle banishes the darkness of night,

A candle dispels the darkness of night

As my hand banishes poverty from people.

My hands banish nothingness from people

قَد جَعَل الرَحمان مِن لُطفِهِ

قَد جَعَل الرَحمان مِن لُطفِهِ

حَياتَها في القَطع لِلرأسِ

حَياتَها في القَطع لِلرأسِ

The All-Merciful, out of His kindness, has placed

The Merciful made its gentleness

Its life in the cutting off of its head.

Its life in beheading

ساهَرتُها وَالكأسُ يَسعى بِها

ساهَرتُها وَالكأسُ يَسعى بِها

مَن ريقُهُ أَشهى مِنَ الكأسِ

مَن ريقُهُ أَشهى مِنَ الكأسِ

I kept vigil with it, while the cup was carried around

I stay up with it, and the cup pursues it

By one whose saliva is more delectable than the cup.

Whose saliva is more delicious than the cup

ضياؤُها لا شَكَّ مِن وَجهِهِ

ضياؤُها لا شَكَّ مِن وَجهِهِ

وَحَرُّها مِن حَرّ أَنفاسي

وَحَرُّها مِن حَرّ أَنفاسي

Its light, no doubt, comes from his face,

Its light undoubtedly from His face

And its heat from the heat of my breaths.

And its heat from the heat of my breath