1. سل اللَّيل مَن يَجلو الدُّجى عَن مُتونِه

    بِنيرانِه إِذ كُلّ نار لها سِتر

    Ask the night who clears the darkness from its back

    With his fires, when every fire has a veil;

  2. وَأَينَ مرامي اللَّيل بابن سَبيله

    وَأَينَ اِنتِصاب القِدر إِذ يكفَأ القَدر

    And where the night casts its wayfarer,

    And where the cauldron stands upright when fate turns things upside down.