أيُّها المُسهِرُ طَرفي

أيُّها المُسهِرُ طَرفي

نَم هَنيئاً نم هنيَّا

نَم هَنيئاً نم هنيَّا

O you who keep my eye awake,

O you who deprive my eyes of sleep

Sleep peacefully, sleep peacefully.

Sleep soundly, sleep soundly

ما الذي ضَرّكَ لو كُن

ما الذي ضَرّكَ لو كُن

تَ بما قلتَ وفِيَّا

تَ بما قلتَ وفِيَّا

What harm would it have done you, had you been

What harm would it do if you were

Faithful to what you said?

True to your words and faithful to me

يا مَلياً بالذي أه

يا مَلياً بالذي أه

واهُ بالحُسنِ مَليَّا

واهُ بالحُسنِ مَليَّا

O you rich in what I

Oh you who tire me with your sighs

Love—rich in beauty—

And tire me with your beauty

صِل فَقيراً كان لولا

صِل فَقيراً كان لولا

سِحرُ عينيكَ غنيَّا

سِحرُ عينيكَ غنيَّا

Give your affection to a poor man who, but for

Have mercy on a poor man who, were it not

The spell of your eyes, would have been rich.

For your eyes' magic, would be rich