1. O night that dawned with the flowers of its stars
And kept me awake until morning seemed vain,
١. يا لَيلة حليت بِزَهر نُجومها
وَسهرتها حَتّى بَدَت لي عاطِلا
2. My night was not pleased when its moon appeared
Until it showed me in it estranged from you.
٢. لَم يَرضَ لَيلي إِذ تَجَلى بَدرُهُ
حَتّى أَراني فيهِ مِنكَ مُخايِلا
3. Then I began to glimpse in it a rising moon,
And I began to recall in you a setting moon.
٣. وَطَفَقَت أَرمق مِنهُ بَدراً طالِعاً
وَطَفَقت أَذكر مِنكَ بَدراً آفِلا