وَطالَ عَلَيَّ اللَيلُ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ

وَطالَ عَلَيَّ اللَيلُ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ

بِلَيلَينِ مَوصولٌ فَما يَتَزَحزَحُ

بِلَيلَينِ مَوصولٌ فَما يَتَزَحزَحُ

And the night has grown so long for me that it seems

The night dragged on endlessly as if

Joined to two nights, and so does not budge.

It were two nights joined, unrelenting,

كَأَنَّ الدُجى زادَت وَما زادَتِ الدُجى

كَأَنَّ الدُجى زادَت وَما زادَتِ الدُجى

وَلَكِن أَطالَ اللَيلَ هَمٌّ مُبَرِّحُ

وَلَكِن أَطالَ اللَيلَ هَمٌّ مُبَرِّحُ

As though the darkness had increased—yet the darkness has not increased;

As if the darkness grew denser, not the dark itself,

But a tormenting sorrow has prolonged the night.

But a cheerless anxiety made the night longer.

لَقَد هاجَ دَمعي نازِحٌ بِنٌزوحِهِ

لَقَد هاجَ دَمعي نازِحٌ بِنٌزوحِهِ

وَنَومي إِذا ما نَوَّمَ الناسَ أَنزَحُ

وَنَومي إِذا ما نَوَّمَ الناسَ أَنزَحُ

Indeed, one far away has stirred my tears by his departure;

Truly my tears surged forth insistently with their flow,

And my sleep, when people are lulled to sleep, is farther still.

And my sleep, when others slept, withdrew.