ياO صاحِfriend منwho للقلبِfor the heart منfrom نائمa sleeper
يا صاحِ من للقلبِ من نائم
كلُّevery محبٍlover فيهِof him سهرانُsleepless
كلُّ محبٍ فيهِ سهرانُ
O friend, who can save the heart from a sleeper?
O companion, who awakens the sleeping heart,
Every lover of him is sleepless.
Every lover in it is sleepless.
هجرتُI forsook نوميmy sleep وهوand it ليtoward me هاجرٌforsaking
هجرتُ نومي وهو لي هاجرٌ
فكلُّso all عمريmy life فيهِin it هجرانُestrangement
فكلُّ عمري فيهِ هجرانُ
I forsook my sleep, and it forsakes me;
I abandoned my sleep while he deserted me,
So all my life is spent in estrangement from it.
So my whole life with him is estrangement.
لوif سلطواthey unleashed عينيهِhis two eyes فيin عسكرٍan army
لو سلطوا عينيهِ في عسكرٍ
لمnot يبقَremain فيin العسكرِthe army انسانُa human being
لم يبقَ في العسكرِ انسانُ
If they unleashed his two eyes upon an army,
If they unleashed his eyes against an army,
Not a soul would remain in the army.
No human would remain in the army.