تَوَلَّى اللَّهُ من رَقَدَا

تَوَلَّى اللَّهُ من رَقَدَا

وعلَّم مُقْلَتي السُّهُدَا

وعلَّم مُقْلَتي السُّهُدَا

May God watch over the one who slept,

God turned away from the one who slept

and taught my eye sleeplessness,

And taught my eyelids wakefulness

وماطَلَنِي بموعِدِهِ

وماطَلَنِي بموعِدِهِ

وأخْلَفَني الذي وَعَدَا

وأخْلَفَني الذي وَعَدَا

and kept putting me off with his promise,

And did not make me wait long for His promise

and failed me in what he promised.

And the one who promised was untrue to me

أغارُ عليْهِ من عَيْني

أغارُ عليْهِ من عَيْني

إذا هُوَ اللعُيُونِ بَدَا

إذا هُوَ اللعُيُونِ بَدَا

I am jealous over him even of my own eye,

I am jealous of him from my eyes

when he appears before the eyes.

When he appears to the eyes

فلولا خوفُ خالِقِهَا

فلولا خوفُ خالِقِهَا

إذاً لَقَلَعْتُهَا حَسَدَا

إذاً لَقَلَعْتُهَا حَسَدَا

So, were it not for fear of its Creator,

And were it not for fear of their Creator

then I would surely have plucked it out in envy.

I would have plucked them out of jealousy