1. I was alone with her, with darkness as our third,
And the wings of night spread over us, dense and obscure.
١. خلوت بها والراح ثالثة لنا
وجنح ظلام الليل قد مد وانبلج
2. A girl - without her nearness life was naught.
So was it wrong to seek life, ah what a sin!
٢. فتاةً عدمت العيش إلا بقربها
فهل لنا في ابتغاء العيش ويحك من حرج
3. As though we three were soil, and life, and pearl,
And brow, and wine, and dim night, and a star aglow.
٣. كأني والكأس والخمر والدجى
ثرى وحيا والدر والتبر والشبج