يا ليلةً كالمسكِ منظرُها

يا ليلةً كالمسكِ منظرُها

وكذاكَ في التشبيهِ مخبرُها

وكذاكَ في التشبيهِ مخبرُها

O night, whose appearance is like musk,

O night, your sight is like musk,

And whose inner nature shares that likeness.

And so is your scent, as I've been told,

أحييتُها والبدرُ يخدِمُني

أحييتُها والبدرُ يخدِمُني

والشمسُ أنهاها وآمُرُها

والشمسُ أنهاها وآمُرُها

I spent it awake, with the full moon serving me,

I revived it as the full moon served me,

And the sun—I forbid her and command her.

The sun ended it as I commanded.