وَلَيلand a night نَصرتI championed الغَيَّwaywardness فيهِin it عَلىover الرُشدsound judgment
وَلَيل نَصرت الغَيَّ فيهِ عَلى الرُشد
وَأَعدَيتُand I aided فيهِin it الهَزَلَlevity منّيfrom me عَلىagainst الجَدearnestness
وَأَعدَيتُ فيهِ الهَزَلَ منّي عَلى الجَد
And a night when I championed waywardness over sound judgment,
A night in which I prevailed over frivolity with wisdom,
And in it I aided my levity against earnestness,
And I set aside jesting from me for seriousness.
وَضيقّتand I tightened فيهِin it مِنthrough عِناقembracing مُعانِقيthe one embracing me
وَضيقّت فيهِ مِن عِناق مُعانِقي
فَظَنَso thought وشاتيmy tale-bearers أَنَّنيthat I نائمasleep وَحديalone
فَظَنَ وشاتي أَنَّني نائم وَحدي
And in it I held the one embracing me so tightly
My lover's embrace was narrowed in it,
That my tale-bearers thought I was asleep alone,
So my companion thought I was sleeping alone.
إِلىuntil أَنthat تَجلّىbecame manifest الصُبحdawn مِنthrough خَلَلgaps الدُجىthe darkness
إِلى أَن تَجلّى الصُبح مِن خَلَل الدُجى
كَماjust as اِنَخَرَطَslipped out السَيفthe sword اليَمانيYemeni مِنfrom الغمدthe sheath
كَما اِنَخَرَطَ السَيف اليَماني مِن الغمد
Until dawn shone through the gaps in the darkness,
Until dawn broke through the darkness
Like a Yemeni sword slipping from its sheath.
As the Yemeni sword slid out of its scabbard.
Sol 6.1