وَلَيلَةِand a night وَصلٍof union غابَvanished عَنّاfrom us رَقيبُهاits watcher
وَلَيلَةِ وَصلٍ غابَ عَنّا رَقيبُها
مَعَalong with الدَّهرِtime لاmay not عادَhe return إِلىuntil آخِرِthe end of الدَّهرِtime
مَعَ الدَّهرِ لا عادَ إِلى آخِرِ الدَّهرِ
And a night of union whose watcher vanished from us,
And on a night of union her watchman wandered away,
Along with time—may he never return until time’s end!
Leaving us forever, never returning until the end of time.
نَهَيناwe cut short بِهاin it جُنحَthe onset of الظَّلامِdarkness فَماso scarcely بَدَتappeared
نَهَينا بِها جُنحَ الظَّلامِ فَما بَدَت
أَوائِلُهُits first signs حَتّىuntil خَلَطناهُwe mingled it بِالفَجرِwith dawn
أَوائِلُهُ حَتّى خَلَطناهُ بِالفَجرِ
That night we cut short the gathering darkness; scarcely had
We spread the wings of darkness over her, and daybreak failed to show,
Its first signs appeared when we mingled it with dawn.
Its beginning smothered as we blended it with the dawn.
Sol 6.1