ياOh رَبmany a لَيلٍnight خَلَوتI was alone فيهِin it بِمنwith one who
يا رَب لَيلٍ خَلَوت فيهِ بِمن
يَقصرfalls short عَنof وَصفdescribing كَنهthe depths of وَجديmy passion بِهِfor him
يَقصر عَن وَصف كَنه وَجدي بِهِ
Oh, many a night I spent alone with one
who cannot describe the depths of my passion for him.
لَيلa night كَبَردlike the cloak of الشَبابyouth حالكهits darkness
لَيل كَبَرد الشَباب حالكه
نعمتI reveled فيin ظِلِّهِits shade وَفيand in طِيَبهits sweetness
نعمت في ظِلِّهِ وَفي طِيَبه
A night whose darkness was like the cloak of youth;
I reveled in its shade and in its sweetness.
Sol 6.1