سَلا القَلبُ إِلّا مِن تَذَكُّرِ لَيلَةٍ

سَلا القَلبُ إِلّا مِن تَذَكُّرِ لَيلَةٍ

بِجَمعٍ وَأُخرى أَسعَفَت بالمُحَصَّبِ

بِجَمعٍ وَأُخرى أَسعَفَت بالمُحَصَّبِ

The heart has found peace, save when recalling a night

The heart asks for nothing but the memory of a night

At Jamʿ, and another that brought fulfillment at al-Muḥaṣṣab,

Of a gathering, and another lit by chandeliers,

وَمَجلسِ أَبكارٍ كَأَنَّ عُيونَها

وَمَجلسِ أَبكارٍ كَأَنَّ عُيونَها

عُيونُ المَها أَنضَينَ قُدّامَ رَبرَبِ

عُيونُ المَها أَنضَينَ قُدّامَ رَبرَبِ

And a gathering of maidens, as though their eyes were

And a assembly of virgins whose eyes

The eyes of oryx, grown weary at the head of a herd.

Are like the eyes of startled deer in front of murmuring water.