باتَspent the night الخَيالُthe apparition مِنfrom الصُلَيتِal-Ṣulayt مُؤَرِّقيkeeping me awake
باتَ الخَيالُ مِن الصُلَيتِ مُؤَرِّقي
يَفريcleaves through السَراةَthe Sarāt highlands مَعwith الرَبابَthe clouds المُلثِقِdrenching
يَفري السَراةَ مَع الرَبابَ المُلثِقِ
The phantom from al-Ṣulayt kept me wakeful all night,
The apparition from al-Ṣulayt kept me awake all night,
cleaving through the Sarāt heights amid rain-laden clouds.
cleaving the Sarāt highlands alongside the drenching clouds.
ماnot راعَنيstartled me إِلّاexcept بَياضُwhiteness وُجُيهِهِhis little face
ما راعَني إِلّا بَياضُ وُجُيهِهِ
تَحتَbeneath الدُجُنَّةِthe darkness كَالسِراجِlike the lamp المُشرِقِshining
تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ كَالسِراجِ المُشرِقِ
Nothing startled me save the whiteness of its delicate little face,
Nothing startled me but the whiteness of his little face,
there in the deep darkness, like a radiant lamp.
beneath the darkness, like a shining lamp.
