أقولُ واللّيْلُ أعْياني تطاوُلُهُ

أقولُ واللّيْلُ أعْياني تطاوُلُهُ

وأوسِعُ الذّمَّ والتّعْنيتَ أسْوَدَهُ

وأوسِعُ الذّمَّ والتّعْنيتَ أسْوَدَهُ

I say, while the night’s dragging on has wearied me,

I say, and the night that is too long for me

and I heap blame and reproach upon its blackness:

And the blame and reproach is blackened

ما كان يجْرُؤ ليْلي أنْ يُطاوِلَني

ما كان يجْرُؤ ليْلي أنْ يُطاوِلَني

شِعارُكُمْ يا بَني العَبّاسِ أيّدَهُ

شِعارُكُمْ يا بَني العَبّاسِ أيّدَهُ

My night would not have dared to vie with me—

My night wouldn't dare to be too long for me

your emblem, O sons of al-ʿAbbās, has strengthened it.

Your motto, O Abbasids, strengthens it