يا حَبَّذا لَيلَةٌ نَعِمتُ بِها

يا حَبَّذا لَيلَةٌ نَعِمتُ بِها

أَشرَبُ فَضلَ الحَبيبِ في القَدَحِ

أَشرَبُ فَضلَ الحَبيبِ في القَدَحِ

Ah, how lovely a night I enjoyed,

Oh blessed night when with him I did stay

Oh, how lovely was a night in which I found bliss,

drinking what my beloved had left in the cup.

I drank the dregs from my lover's cup

Drinking the beloved's remainder from the cup,

سَأَلتُهُ قُبلَةً فَجادَ بِها

سَأَلتُهُ قُبلَةً فَجادَ بِها

فَلَم أُصَدَّق بِها مِنَ الفَرَحِ

فَلَم أُصَدَّق بِها مِنَ الفَرَحِ

I asked him for a kiss, and he freely gave it;

I asked of him a kiss, he gave away

I asked him for a kiss, and he generously granted it,

and I could not believe it for joy.

In disbelief of joy I woke up

And from my sheer joy, I could not believe it true.