أَرى في مَنامي كُلَّ شَيءٍ يَسُرُّني

أَرى في مَنامي كُلَّ شَيءٍ يَسُرُّني

وَرُؤيايَ بَعدَ النَومِ أَدهى وَأَقبَحُ

وَرُؤيايَ بَعدَ النَومِ أَدهى وَأَقبَحُ

I see in my sleep everything that delights me.

In my dreams, everything delights me,

And my dream, after sleep, is more dire and more hideous.

Yet after waking my visions are worse and uglier.

فَإِن كانَ خَيراً فَهُوَ أَضغاثُ حالِمٍ

فَإِن كانَ خَيراً فَهُوَ أَضغاثُ حالِمٍ

وَإِن كانَ شَرّاً جاءَ مِن قَبلِ أُصبِحُ

وَإِن كانَ شَرّاً جاءَ مِن قَبلِ أُصبِحُ

So if it is good, it is a dreamer's jumble of dreams;

If it was good, it was a dreamer's raving;

And if it is evil, it comes before I reach morning.

If it was evil, it came at dawn's break.