وليل وصل عنّ من هاجر

وليل وصل عنّ من هاجر

اقصر من تلفّت الناظر

اقصر من تلفّت الناظر

And a night of reunion came from one who had shunned me,

The night of reunion was shorter

And a night of reunion appeared from the one who had shunned me,

Shorter than a beholder’s glance around.

Than a glance of the beholder

Shorter than the fleeting glance of an eye,

استدبر الدهر به غلطا

استدبر الدهر به غلطا

فأدغم الأول في الاخر

فأدغم الأول في الاخر

Time took it backward by mistake,

Time has turned its back on it mistakenly

Time turned its back on it by mistake,

So it merged its beginning into its end.

Merging the first with the last

So it merged the beginning into the end.