1. الصبح شرّ بغيضِ

    والليلُ خير حبيبِ

    Morning is the worst of foes,

    And night the best of friends.

  2. فما أُحَدّثُ إلّا

    عن ممرضي وطبيبي

    So I speak only

    Of the one who sickens me and my physician.

  3. فالصبح أبْعَدَ مني

    قُرْبَ الغزال الربيب

    For morning has driven far from me

    The nearness of the hand-reared gazelle.

  4. فلو قضيتَ لقلبي

    لما شكا من وجيب

    So, were you to rule in my heart's favor

    On its complaint of throbbing,

  5. أمتَّ عينَ صباحي

    يوماً وعينَ رقيبي

    You would slay the eye of my morning

    One day, and the eye of my watcher.