1. ما أَحسَن اللّيل إِذ تَزهو كَواكِبهُ

    وَالبدرُ قَد مالَ نَحوَ الغَربِ وَاِقتَربا

    How beautiful the night is when its stars shine!

    And the full moon has inclined toward the west and drawn near.

  2. وَالبَرقُ مِن جَنبِهِ أَبدى تَلامعهُ

    عَلى التوالي وَقَد هَبَّت نَسيم صبا

    And lightning from beside it revealed its flashes,

    One after another, while a breeze from the east blew.

  3. فَأَنجُمُ اللَّيلِ إِذ تَشدو الصَّبا رَقَصت

    وَالغَربُ بِالسّيفِ ثمّ الترسِ قَد لَعِبا

    So the stars of night danced as the east wind sang,

    And the west played with the sword, then the shield.