يا ليلُ هل لِصباحي فيكَ إِشراقُ

يا ليلُ هل لِصباحي فيكَ إِشراقُ

فَقَد نَفى النومَ عن عَينَيَّ إِيراقُ

فَقَد نَفى النومَ عن عَينَيَّ إِيراقُ

O night, will my morning dawn within you?

O night, will my dawn shine within you?

For sleeplessness has banished sleep from my eyes.

Sleep has been banished from my tearful eyes.

عَساكِرُ البقِّ نَحوي فيكَ زاحِفَة

عَساكِرُ البقِّ نَحوي فيكَ زاحِفَة

كأنّما بُثّ وَسْطَ البيت سمّاقُ

كأنّما بُثّ وَسْطَ البيت سمّاقُ

Armies of bedbugs crawl toward me within you,

Armies of insects creep toward me in you,

As though sumac had been scattered in the middle of the house:

As if venom was spilled inside the house.

مِن كُلِّ طاعِنَةِ الخُرطومِ ساريةٍ

مِن كُلِّ طاعِنَةِ الخُرطومِ ساريةٍ

كَأَنَّ لَسعَتَها بالنارِ إِحراقُ

كَأَنَّ لَسعَتَها بالنارِ إِحراقُ

Each a night-roaming creature that stabs with its proboscis,

From every mosquito with a piercing proboscis

As though its sting were a scorching by fire.

It's as if its sting burns with fire.