يا ليل اين حبيبي — Mutlaq Abdul Khaliq — Saqi

يا ليل اين حبيبي
هل غاب بين النجوم
O night, where is my beloved?
Has he vanished among the stars,
ام طار كالعندليب
ام هب مثل النسيم
Or flown away like a nightingale,
Or wafted like the breeze?
يا ليل وجه حبيبي
بدر يضيء الليالي
O night, my beloved's face
Is a full moon lighting the nights.
يا ليل من كحبيبي
في حسنه والجمال
O night, who is like my beloved
In his loveliness and beauty?
عيناه شمس الصباح
وعارضاه جمانُ
His eyes are the morning sun,
And the sides of his face are pearls.
خداه زهر الأقاح
وقده خيزران
His cheeks are chrysanthemum blossoms,
And his figure is bamboo.
وريقه سلسبيل
واحر شوقي اليه
And his saliva is Salsabil.
Ah, the burning heat of my longing for him
ولهفتي والذهول
يرف في مقلتيه
And my yearning! And bewilderment
Flutters in his eyes.
يا ليل اين حبيبي
ابثه نار حبي
O night, where is my beloved?
I would pour out to him the fire of my love,
ولوعتي ونحيبي
وانتشيه بقلبي
And my anguish and my sobbing,
And grow drunk on him with my heart.
يا للحبيب ويالي
ويا لحر جوايا
Oh, the beloved! And alas for me!
And oh, the heat of my heartache!
ويا لرقة حالي
ويا لطول اسايا
And oh, the frailty of my condition!
And oh, how long my sorrow lasts!
يا ضارباً في الفلاة
وسابحاً في الفضاء
O you roaming the wilderness,
And swimming through space,
أين الحبيب حياتي
في الأرض ام في السماء
Where is the beloved, my life—
On earth or in the sky?
احبه ودموعي
شهود حبي وسهدي
I love him, and my tears
Are witnesses to my love and sleeplessness.
والنار طي ضلوعي
اللَه في نار وجدي
And fire lies within my ribs.
God, help me in the fire of my passion!
اراك يا ليل تشدو
معي عذاب الأغاني
I see you, O night, singing
Sweet songs with me.
فهل أثارك وجد
فرحت تحيي الأماني
Has passion stirred you, then,
So that you began to revive hopes?
يا ليل زاد شجوني
يا ليل زال شبابي
O night, my sorrows have grown.
O night, my youth has gone.
يا ليل رد حبيبي
لقد اطلت عذابي
O night, bring back my beloved;
You have indeed prolonged my torment.