1. When the night was almost over,
And we were as love's heedlessness desired,

2. Her mother came angrily, saying to her daughter:
"Woe to you! The night has passed and dawn emerged."

3. And her old father got up seeking coffee,
Woe if he uncovers the secret!

4. So Thurayya panicked and shuddered,
As a sparrow shudders, drenched by the rain.

5. If it wasn't for her father's loud cough,
My footsteps would not have disappeared, nor the secret been hidden.

6. I went out heartless, and he whose heart is absent,
Meeting enemies, will not feel horror.

7. I walked on, cursing the dawn a thousand times,
And thanking the night for its gentleness.

8. Oh, if only the night had no dawn to separate us,
And if only her old father was in the grave!