غيرتي أنت في جوارِ سُهادي

غيرتي أنت في جوارِ سُهادي

فاذهبي فاسمعي أنينَ الفؤادِ

فاذهبي فاسمعي أنينَ الفؤادِ

My jealousy, you are beside my sleeplessness;

You have changed my heart in being near my pillow

so go, then listen to the heart’s moaning.

So go and listen to the moans of my heart

وانظري ما الذي به فعل الشو

وانظري ما الذي به فعل الشو

قُ وطول الجفاءِ والابعادِ

قُ وطول الجفاءِ والابعادِ

And see what has been done to it by longing

And see what separation has done

and prolonged estrangement and separation.

With its long estrangement and distances

فلعمر الجفونِ لو سلِم القل

فلعمر الجفونِ لو سلِم القل

بُ لما أصبحت بغير رقادِ

بُ لما أصبحت بغير رقادِ

For, by the life of the eyelids, had the heart been unharmed,

By my eyelids, if my heart was at peace

I would not have become sleepless.

I would not spend the night sleepless

كيف يحيا من كان فرداً وحيداً

كيف يحيا من كان فرداً وحيداً

ببلادٍ وإلفه ببلادِ

ببلادٍ وإلفه ببلادِ

How can one live, solitary and alone,

How can one live who was once alone

in one land, while his beloved is in another?

In a land, while his people are in other lands