1. يا لَيلَةً نَسِيَ الزَمانُ بِها

    أَحداثَهُ كوني بِلا فَجرِ

    O night in which Time forgot

    its calamities—be without a dawn!

  2. راحَ الثَمانُ بِبَدرِها وَوَشَت

    فيها الصَبا بِمَواقِعِ القَطرِ

    The eight departed with her full moon, and

    the east wind embroidered her with the marks of raindrops.

  3. ثُمَّ اِنقَضَت وَالفَجرُ يَتبَعُها

    في حَيثُ ما سَقَطَت مِنَ الدَهرِ

    Then she passed, with dawn following her

    wherever she fell away from Time.