1. كأن ليلى وفي إعادة أنجُمهُ

    لقا تأوَهت في ظلمانِه شابا

    As though my night, with the return of its stars,

    Had grown gray when [reading uncertain] I groaned in its darkness.

  2. كأن ليلى شريكي في الهوى فإذا

    فكَرتُ فكر والبلوى لمن خابا

    As though my night were my partner in love, so whenever

    I brooded, it brooded—and suffering is for the disappointed.

  3. كأنَّ ليلى وصبحي فيه محتجبٌ

    غيرانُ سدَّ على معشوقتي بابا

    As though my night, with my dawn veiled within it,

    Were a jealous man who shut a door upon my beloved.