رَقدتَ ولم تَرثِ لِلساهرِ

رَقدتَ ولم تَرثِ لِلساهرِ

وليلُ المُحبِّ بِلا آخِرِ

وليلُ المُحبِّ بِلا آخِرِ

You slept and had no pity for the sleepless,

You slept and left no inheritance for the wakeful one

and the lover’s night has no end.

And the night of lovers has no end

ولم تَدرِ بَعدَ ذهابِ الرُّقا

ولم تَدرِ بَعدَ ذهابِ الرُّقا

دِ ما فعلَ الدمعُ بالناظرِ

دِ ما فعلَ الدمعُ بالناظرِ

And you did not know, after sleep had fled,

And you still don't know after the departure of slumber

what tears had done to the eye.

What the teardrops did to the beholder

فيا من تملَّكني حبُّهُ

فيا من تملَّكني حبُّهُ

أجِرني من طرفكَ الساحرِ

أجِرني من طرفكَ الساحرِ

So, O you whose love has possessed me,

So you who your love has possessed me

grant me refuge from your bewitching gaze.

Save me from your enchanting glance

وخُذ للفؤادِ فداكَ الفؤادُ

وخُذ للفؤادِ فداكَ الفؤادُ

من طرفِكَ الفاتنِ الفاترِ

من طرفِكَ الفاتنِ الفاترِ

And exact redress for the heart—may the heart be your ransom—

And take my heart in ransom for your heart

from your alluring, languid gaze.

From your languid, alluring glance