1. O night when I attained joy and delirium
Come back to us, else banish all memory

2. When we met, we quarreled while reproaching
With talk, and with the excuses of blame

3. When we took cover under the veil of night
Lest the pillar of dawn sees us burst open

4. She said, did you admit to the crime? I said yes
If my crime with admission were forgivable

5. I will claim the guilt of another so he believes me
One from whom I have no hope of pardon, if able

6. His pride made him shun me for so long
Had he known the pain of estrangement, he'd not have shunned

7. My eye hasn't closed since I fell for you
Except when your eye secretly peeks

8. You kept me up, may God grant your eyes sleep
We care not who slumbers if one stays awake

9. She laughed then said "Don't be so timid
And hide your words, let no man know of them

10. For I've forgiven you the sin they claimed
God damn whoever after this betrays"

11. The night was too short for our souls' needs
Just as the night of union may be brief

12. She got up, walking bashfully towards her dome
And I got up walking stealthily, hidden

13. When the moon rose she shied, so I said to her
"Be somewhat shy, for love has appeared"

14. She dropped her veil over her face
And contested me with a cup of separation

15. She hides her face from the moon though she swore
Her face in its water sees the moon

16. Then we parted, secreting in our hearts
Trust, fidelity, peril beyond souls

17. We didn't feel safe from night till our parting
As though night trails us, tracking our steps

18. They said "you're notorious," I said "love's companion
Is one who remains notorious amongst people"

19. And many a day of delirium, rough and disorderly
I've stripped for its pleasures all excuse

20. And a cup of respite that kills care for its drinker
I tasted it, as night's cloak unfurled

21. The wine poured pearls and seeds into it, so it shook
As if its rim held pearls and beads