يا من رَأَى بارِقاً لَمُوعا

يا من رَأَى بارِقاً لَمُوعا

باتَ فُؤادي بِهِ مَروُعَا

باتَ فُؤادي بِهِ مَروُعَا

O you who saw a gleaming flash of lightning,

O you who saw a flashing lightning

My heart spent the night terrified by it.

My heart spent the night frightened by it

راحَ يُشِبُّ الغَرامَ حَتَّى

راحَ يُشِبُّ الغَرامَ حَتَّى

أَنظرَ مِن مُقلَتي نَجيعا

أَنظرَ مِن مُقلَتي نَجيعا

It went on kindling passion until

Love began to resemble

I saw fresh blood issuing from my eye.

I look from my eyelashes, a torrent

ذَكَّرَني بالغُويرِ عَهداً

ذَكَّرَني بالغُويرِ عَهداً

أَيامَ كُنا بِهِ جَميعا

أَيامَ كُنا بِهِ جَميعا

It reminded me of a time at al-Ghuwayr,

It reminded me of the past days

The days when we were all together there.

When we were all together

وَيلاهُ هَل تَرجِعُ اللَّيالي

وَيلاهُ هَل تَرجِعُ اللَّيالي

تَقضي لَنا بالحِمَى رُجوعَا

تَقضي لَنا بالحِمَى رُجوعَا

Alas! Will the nights return,

Woe to it, do the nights return

Granting us a return to the protected pasture?

To fulfill for us the return of passion

يا جِيرَةَ الجِزعِ من لِصَبٍّ

يا جِيرَةَ الجِزعِ من لِصَبٍّ

يُمطِرُ مِن بَعدِكُم دُموعا

يُمطِرُ مِن بَعدِكُم دُموعا

O neighbors of al-Jiz‘, who will help a lovesick man

O neighbor of sadness from a youth

Who rains tears after your departure?

Who rains tears after you

قد أَطلَقَت عَينُهُ عُيوناً

قد أَطلَقَت عَينُهُ عُيوناً

وَطَلَّقَت فيكُمُ الهُجوعَا

وَطَلَّقَت فيكُمُ الهُجوعَا

His eye has unleashed springs,

His eyes unleashed springs

And, because of you, divorced sleep.

And set free in you the yearning