وليلةٍ أرشفتْني ظَلْمَ من ظَلَمَا

وليلةٍ أرشفتْني ظَلْمَ من ظَلَمَا

ونوَّلَتْني من الطَّيْف المُلِمّ لَما

ونوَّلَتْني من الطَّيْف المُلِمّ لَما

And a night made me sip the saliva of one who wronged me,

and granted me the dusky lips of the visiting dream-phantom.

ولو درى أنني في النوم فُزتُ به

ولو درى أنني في النوم فُزتُ به

مِنْ بُخلِه ثم حاولتُ الرُّقاد لَما

مِنْ بُخلِه ثم حاولتُ الرُّقاد لَما

And had he known that I had won him in sleep,

and had I then sought slumber, he would have denied it out of stinginess.