1. For Allah, our night that broadened for us
In it is pleasure, in a narrow space
١. للهِ ليلتُنا التي رَحُبَتْ لَنا
فيها المسرّةُ في مجالٍ ضَيّقِ
2. It would not have been marred, were it not for the graying of its darkness
Troublesome and it was not guarded by a grumbling guardian
٢. ما شَابَها لولا مَشِيبُ ظلامِها
كَدَرٌ ولا راعَتْ بِواشٍ مُحنَقِ
3. If only I could dye it with my youth
And make the color of its morning in the parting of my hair
٣. فلوِ استطعتُ خَضَبتُها بشَبيبتي
وجعلتُ لونَ صَباحِها في مَفرِقي