أَرِقتُ وَنامَ الأَخلِياءُ وَعادَني

أَرِقتُ وَنامَ الأَخلِياءُ وَعادَني

مَعَ اللَيلِ هَمٌّ في الفُؤادِ وَجيعُ

مَعَ اللَيلِ هَمٌّ في الفُؤادِ وَجيعُ

I lay sleepless while the carefree slept, and there came to me

I stayed up while friends slept, and melancholy

with the night a sorrow aching in my heart.

Returned to me with the night, grief in my heart and weariness.

وَهَيَّجَ لي حُزناً تَذَكُّرُ مالِكٍ

وَهَيَّجَ لي حُزناً تَذَكُّرُ مالِكٍ

فَما بِتُّ إِلّا وَالفُؤادُ مَروعُ

فَما بِتُّ إِلّا وَالفُؤادُ مَروعُ

And remembering Malik stirred sorrow in me,

And memories of Malik stirred sorrow within me

so I passed the night with my heart gripped by dread.

So I did not rest except with a heart filled with dread.

إِذا عَبرَةٌ وَرَّعتُها بَعدَ عَبرَةٍ

إِذا عَبرَةٌ وَرَّعتُها بَعدَ عَبرَةٍ

أَبَت وَاِستَهلَّت عَبرَةٌ وَدُموعُ

أَبَت وَاِستَهلَّت عَبرَةٌ وَدُموعُ

Whenever I held back one tear after another,

Whenever a teardrop was held back after a teardrop

it refused restraint, and a tear and tears burst forth,

It refused and a tear flowed as well as sobs.

لِذِكرى حَبيبٍ بَعدَ هَدءٍ ذَكَرتُهُ

لِذِكرى حَبيبٍ بَعدَ هَدءٍ ذَكَرتُهُ

وَقَد حانَ مِن تالي النُجومِ طُلوعُ

وَقَد حانَ مِن تالي النُجومِ طُلوعُ

at the memory of a loved one, whom I recalled after a quiet stretch of night,

Remembering a beloved after tranquility I recalled him

when the time had come for the last stars to rise.

Though the rising of stars was nearing.

إِذا رَقَأَت عَينايَ ذَكَّرَني بِهِ

إِذا رَقَأَت عَينايَ ذَكَّرَني بِهِ

حَمامٌ تُنادى في الغُصونِ وُقوعُ

حَمامٌ تُنادى في الغُصونِ وُقوعُ

Whenever my eyes ceased weeping, I was reminded of him by

When my eyes were sleepless, doves cooing in the branches

doves calling to one another, perched among the branches.

Reminded me of him.

دَعَونَ هَديلاً فَاِحتَرَقتُ لِمالِكٍ

دَعَونَ هَديلاً فَاِحتَرَقتُ لِمالِكٍ

وَفي الصَدرِ مِن وَجدٍ عَلَيهِ صُدوعُ

وَفي الصَدرِ مِن وَجدٍ عَلَيهِ صُدوعُ

They called to Hadil, and I burned with grief for Malik,

Their warbling ignited a blaze in me for Malik

and in my breast were fissures from grief for him.

And in my chest from passion were ruptures.

كَأَن لَم أُجالِسهُ وَلَم أُمسِ لَيلَةً

كَأَن لَم أُجالِسهُ وَلَم أُمسِ لَيلَةً

أَراهُ وَلَم نُصبِح وَنَحنُ جَميعُ

أَراهُ وَلَم نُصبِح وَنَحنُ جَميعُ

As though I had never sat with him, nor spent a night

As if I never sat with him, never touched for a night

seeing him, nor had we ever greeted morning together.

I see him, we never woke while together.

فَتىً لَم يَعِش يَوماً بِذَمٍّ وَلَم يَزَل

فَتىً لَم يَعِش يَوماً بِذَمٍّ وَلَم يَزَل

حَوالَيهِ مِمَّن يَجتَديهِ رُبوعُ

حَوالَيهِ مِمَّن يَجتَديهِ رُبوعُ

A young man who never lived a day under reproach, and always

A youth who never lived a day blamed

around him were dwellings of those who sought his bounty.

And around him were meadows that grazed him.

لَهُ تَبَعٌ قَد يَعلَمُ النَاسُ أَنَّهُ

لَهُ تَبَعٌ قَد يَعلَمُ النَاسُ أَنَّهُ

عَلى مَن يُداني صَيِّفٌ وَرَبيعُ

عَلى مَن يُداني صَيِّفٌ وَرَبيعُ

He has a following; people know full well that he

He has followers almost as if people know

is summer rain and spring rain for whoever draws near.

He is a summer and spring to those who draw near.