طلَعَ الفجرُ لَعَمْري

طلَعَ الفجرُ لَعَمْري

وأَخو النَّومِ بنوْمِهْ

وأَخو النَّومِ بنوْمِهْ

Dawn has risen, by my life,

The dawn has risen, by my life,

And sleep’s brother is in his slumber.

And the brother of sleep with his slumber.

نبَّهوهُ أَيْقَظوهُ

نبَّهوهُ أَيْقَظوهُ

راحَ منهُ فجرُ يوْمِهْ

راحَ منهُ فجرُ يوْمِهْ

They roused him; they awakened him.

They woke him up, awakened him,

The dawn of his day has passed him by.

So the dawn of his day departed from him.

لو رَآهُ لحَماهُ

لو رَآهُ لحَماهُ

نورُهُ من طَمْسِ لومِهْ

نورُهُ من طَمْسِ لومِهْ

Had he seen it, he would have been protected

Had it seen him, it would have protected him

By its light from the blinding force of his reproach.

With its light from the blemish of blame.

وجَلا في مَعاني

وجَلا في مَعاني

حجِّهِ حكْماً وصَومِهْ

حجِّهِ حكْماً وصَومِهْ

And it revealed, in the meanings

And it rose up in wise meanings

Of his pilgrimage and fasting, wisdom.

Pilgrimage and fasting.

كالنَّبيِّ الشَّيخُ لو حقَّ

كالنَّبيِّ الشَّيخُ لو حقَّ

قْتَ يا هذا بقَومِهْ

قْتَ يا هذا بقَومِهْ

The shaykh is like the Prophet, if you were to

Like the aged prophet, had you been true

Ascertain it, you there, among his people.

O this one, to your people.