ألا هَلْ دَرى مَنْ باتَ غيرَ مُؤَرَّقِ

ألا هَلْ دَرى مَنْ باتَ غيرَ مُؤَرَّقِ

بأنَّ جُفوني مُذْ نَأى ليسَ تَلْتقي

بأنَّ جُفوني مُذْ نَأى ليسَ تَلْتقي

Ah, does he who spent the night untroubled by sleeplessness know

Does he not know that I spent the night sleepless

That, since he went away, my eyelids have not met,

For my eyelids since we parted do not meet

وأنَّ غَرامي مُنْذُ سارَ مُلازِمي

وأنَّ غَرامي مُنْذُ سارَ مُلازِمي

وأنَّ اصْطِباري منذُ بانَ مُطَلِّقي

وأنَّ اصْطِباري منذُ بانَ مُطَلِّقي

And that my passion, since he left, remains with me,

And that my love since he left keeps company with me

And that my patience, since he departed, has divorced me?

And that my patience since he appeared has taken leave of me

وماساقَ أشْواقي وهاجَ بَلابِلي

وماساقَ أشْواقي وهاجَ بَلابِلي

سِوى سائِقِ الأظْعانِ يَوْمَ التَّفَرُّقِ

سِوى سائِقِ الأظْعانِ يَوْمَ التَّفَرُّقِ

And nothing drove my longings and stirred my anguish

And nothing led my passions and confused my thoughts

But the driver of the caravans on the day of parting.

But the driver of the camels the day we parted

تَعَشَّقتُ في قَومٍ غِرابٍ فَودَّعوا

تَعَشَّقتُ في قَومٍ غِرابٍ فَودَّعوا

فيا لَيْتَني مَيْتٌ ولَمْ أتعشَّقِ

فيا لَيْتَني مَيْتٌ ولَمْ أتعشَّقِ

I fell in love among strangers, and then they bade farewell;

I fell in love with a people, strangers, and they bid farewell

So, ah, would that I were dead and had never fallen in love!

Oh would that I were dead and had not fallen in love

ويا ليتَ عَيْني إذْ رأتهمْ تَعلَّقَتْ

ويا ليتَ عَيْني إذْ رأتهمْ تَعلَّقَتْ

سِواهُمْ ولَوْ بالبارِقِ المُتألّقِ

سِواهُمْ ولَوْ بالبارِقِ المُتألّقِ

And would that my eye, when it saw them, had become attached

And would that when my eye saw them it had clung

To others, even to the gleaming lightning!

To other than them, even to the shining lightning