رُبَّ لَيْلٍ فَضَحْتُهُ بِضياءِ الر

رُبَّ لَيْلٍ فَضَحْتُهُ بِضياءِ الر

رَاحِ حتَّى تَرَكْتُهُ كَالْنَّهارِ

رَاحِ حتَّى تَرَكْتُهُ كَالْنَّهارِ

Many a night I unveiled with the radiance of wi—

Many a night I put to shame with the radiance of

Many a night whose darkness I have dispelled

—ne, until I left it bright as day,

wine, until I left it like the day;

with the light of the moon, until I left it like the day,

ذي سَماءٍ كَخَزامٍ ونُجومٍ

ذي سَماءٍ كَخَزامٍ ونُجومٍ

مُشْرِقاتٍ كَنَرْجِسٍ وبَهَارِ

مُشْرِقاتٍ كَنَرْجِسٍ وبَهَارِ

beneath a sky like lavender, with stars

with a sky like lavender, and stars

The sky like a woven robe, and stars

shining like narcissus and bahār blossoms,

shining like narcissus and yellow daisies;

shining like narcissus flowers in bloom,

وهِلالٍ يَلوحُ في سَاعِدِ الغَرْ

وهِلالٍ يَلوحُ في سَاعِدِ الغَرْ

بِ كَدُمْلوجَ فِضَّةٍ أَوْ سِوارِ

بِ كَدُمْلوجَ فِضَّةٍ أَوْ سِوارِ

and a crescent gleaming on the forearm of the Wes—

and a crescent gleaming on the forearm of the

And a crescent moon waving on the hand

—t, like a silver armlet or bracelet.

west, like a silver armlet or bracelet.

of dusk like a piece of silver jewelry or bracelet,

بِتُّ أَجْلو بِهِ شُموسَ وُجوهٍ

بِتُّ أَجْلو بِهِ شُموسَ وُجوهٍ

حَمَلَتْ في الدُّجى شُموسَ عُقارِ

حَمَلَتْ في الدُّجى شُموسَ عُقارِ

All night, by it, I burnished the suns of faces

There I spent the night unveiling the suns of faces

I spend it with suns of faces that carried

that bore, through the darkness, suns of wine.

that bore, in the darkness, the suns of wine.

in the darkness suns of earrings.