1. الصَيفُ يا لَيلُ طار

    فَاِرفق بِأَشواقي

    Summer, O night, has flown.

    So be gentle with my longings,

  2. وَاِسلَخ فُضولَ النَهار

    مِن بَعضِهِ الباقي

    and strip away the day's excess

    from its remaining portion.

  3. ما العُمرُ إِلّا

    لَيلٌ وَبَدرُ

    Life is nothing but

    a night and a full moon;

  4. إِذا تَوَلّى

    تَلاهُ ذِكرُ

    when it departs,

    remembrance follows it,

  5. مِلءُ السِنين

    لِلعاشِقين

    filling the years

    for lovers.

  6. يا لَيلُ ما في الحُقول

    حَيٌّ سِوى البَدرِ

    O night, nothing in the fields

    is alive except the full moon.

  7. لَيتَ اللَيالي تَطول

    لِآخرِ العُمرِ

    If only the nights would last

    until life's end.

  8. ولَيتَ كوبي

    يا لَيلُ يَبقى

    And if only my cup,

    O night, would remain:

  9. أَسقي حَبيبي

    مِنهُ وَأُسقى

    I give my beloved drink

    from it, and am given

  10. ذاكَ الرَحيق

    وَلا نُفيق

    that nectar,

    and we do not sober up.

  11. وَالغابُ صَدرٌ حَنون

    غامَت عَلَيهِ الحَلَم

    And the forest is a tender breast;

    its nipples have grown hazy,

  12. سَكرانَةً وَالسُكون

    حُلوُ الشَذا وَالنَغَم

    drunken, while the stillness

    is sweet in fragrance and melody.

  13. وَلِلنَّسيم

    وَلِلقَمَر

    And the breeze,

    and the moon,

  14. يَدُ الكَريم

    عَلى الشَجَر

    have a benefactor's hand

    upon the trees.

  15. وَلِلحَفيف

    همسٌ لَطيف

    And the rustling has

    a gentle whisper.

  16. وَالنورُ أَشهى قُبَل

    تَلُفُّها الأَسرار

    And light is the sweetest of kisses,

    which mysteries enfold.

  17. وَفي السَماءِ الجَبَل

    لَحنٌ بَعيدُ القَرار

    And in the sky the mountain

    is a melody with a far-off low note.

  18. يا لَيلُ دَعنا

    نَنسَ الزَمان

    O night, let us

    forget time,

  19. كَما عَشِقنا

    فَالعُمرُ كَأسٌ وَعاشِقان

    as we have loved;

    for life is a cup and two lovers.