1. رَبَّ لَيلٍ صحبته كاسف

    البال كَئيباً حَليف همٍّ شَتيت

    Many a night have I kept company with, downcast

    in spirit, sorrowful, a companion to scattered cares,

  2. مؤنِساً ربعه بِطول أَنيني

    وَهُوَ لي موحش بِطول السُكوتِ

    Keeping its abode company with my long moaning,

    while it makes me lonely with its long silence,

  3. تَحتَ سَقف مِن الزَبَرجَد

    قَد رُصع بِالدُر وَالياقوتِ

    Beneath a roof of chrysolite

    that has been studded with pearls and rubies.