من لعين اروقة لا تنام

من لعين اروقة لا تنام

مل منها يا للرجال الظلام

مل منها يا للرجال الظلام

Who will help a sleepless eye that never sleeps?

With sleepless eyes I gaze upon the horizon,

O men, darkness has grown weary of it.

Weary of darkness, O men, and filled with sorrow.

حشوها الجمر لم تطب برقاد

حشوها الجمر لم تطب برقاد

ولحزن فدمعها سجام

ولحزن فدمعها سجام

It is filled with embers; it has found no comfort in slumber.

My heart burns with embers that find no rest,

And from sorrow, its tears flow freely.

And with grief, my tears flow in streams.

وفؤاد مني جريح كواه البي

وفؤاد مني جريح كواه البي

ن لهفاه والغريم الغرام

ن لهفاه والغريم الغرام

And a wounded heart of mine, seared by parting—

My wounded heart languishes in yearning

Alas! And love is the creditor.

For loved ones, consumed by devotion and desire.

غاب عني من الاحبة قوم

غاب عني من الاحبة قوم

لهم القلب يا هذيم مقام

لهم القلب يا هذيم مقام

Some of my loved ones have gone away from me;

Those dear to my heart are gone from me,

The heart, O Hudhaym, is their dwelling.

Yet their memory lingers, never to fade.

اتمنى شهودهم حالة الن

اتمنى شهودهم حالة الن

وم ويوما قد تصدق الاحلام

وم ويوما قد تصدق الاحلام

I long to see them in sleep,

I long to see them again in waking dreams,

And one day dreams may come true.

And hope someday these dreams will come true.

كلما قلت آن ابان قربي

كلما قلت آن ابان قربي

منهمو ابعدت بي الايام

منهمو ابعدت بي الايام

Whenever I said, "The time for drawing near has come,"

Each time I say our reunion draws near,

The days carried me farther away from them.

The days push it farther away from me.

دام لي قربهم زمانا ولكن

دام لي قربهم زمانا ولكن

ما لشيءٍ من الفواني دوام

ما لشيءٍ من الفواني دوام

Their nearness to me lasted for a time, but

For a time they were close, but alas,

No perishable thing endures.

Nothing in this life can last forever.

آه يا سعد هل تجود الليالي

آه يا سعد هل تجود الليالي

ولهذا الشتات يلفى انتظام

ولهذا الشتات يلفى انتظام

Ah, O Sa'd, will the nights be generous,

Ah, will the nights be kind, I wonder,

And will reunion be found for this scattering?

And bring an end to this separation?

وسروراً سأبذل الكل مني

وسروراً سأبذل الكل مني

يوم تدنو من الخيام الخيام

يوم تدنو من الخيام الخيام

And gladly I shall give all of myself

Gladly I would give all I have

On the day when tents draw near to tents.

To see our tents pitched side by side again.

ليت شعري والحادثات ظلال

ليت شعري والحادثات ظلال

اين تلك الاعيان والاعلام

اين تلك الاعيان والاعلام

Would that I knew—and events are shadows—

Were it but known if trials are but shadows,

Where are those notables and luminaries?

Where are those people and days of joy?

قد طوتها الايام من بعد نشر

قد طوتها الايام من بعد نشر

نشره طاب من شذاه الانام

نشره طاب من شذاه الانام

The days have folded them away after an unfolding,

Time has folded them after spreading

Whose fragrance gladdened humankind with its scent.

The fragrance of their fellowship to the world.

كل شيء سوى المهيمن فان

كل شيء سوى المهيمن فان

ولعمري بعد الوصال انصرام

ولعمري بعد الوصال انصرام

Everything but the All-Watchful perishes;

All things perish except the Eternal,

And, by my life, after union comes severance.

And after union comes parting, such is life.

منزل الغائبين حضرة قلبي

منزل الغائبين حضرة قلبي

فعليهم من السلام السلام

فعليهم من السلام السلام

The absent ones' home is the precinct of my heart;

In my heart dwell those who are absent,

So upon them be peace upon peace.

Upon them, greetings of peace.