قَدalready بَداhas appeared ليto me الصُبحُthe dawn ياO مَوfirst part of ‘my lord’
قَد بَدا لي الصُبحُ يا مَو
لايَcompletion of ‘my lord’ يَحدوdrives onward بِالظَلامِwith the darkness
لايَ يَحدو بِالظَلامِ
Dawn has appeared to me, O my
The dawn has begun to break, my love
lord, driving the darkness away.
It races with the darkness
فَاِنتَبِهso wake نَقضيwe fulfill لُباناfirst part of ‘longings’
فَاِنتَبِه نَقضي لُبانا
تِcompletion of ‘longings’ اِعتِناقٍembracing وَالتِزامِand holding close
تِ اِعتِناقٍ وَالتِزامِ
So wake; let us fulfill our longings
So awaken, let us fulfill our yearning
for embracing and holding close,
For embraces and devotion
قَبلbefore أَنthat تَفضَحَناexposes us عوfirst part of ‘return’
قَبل أَن تَفضَحَنا عو
دَةُcompletion of ‘return’ أَنفاسِbreaths النِيامِthe sleepers
دَةُ أَنفاسِ النِيامِ
before we are exposed by the return
Before the return of the breaths of slumber expose us
of the sleepers’ breaths.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.