أقول وجنحُ الدجى ملبدُ
ولليل في كل فجٍّ يدُ
I say, while night’s wing hangs thick with cloud,
I speak as night's wings spread
and night has a hand in every mountain pass:
And darkness falls on every canyon's bed
ونحن ضجيعان في مُجْسَدِ
فللّه ما ضُمِّنَ المُجسَدُ
we two lie side by side, wrapped in a crimson-dyed cloth—
While we both rest within this sheltering bed
by God, what that cloth enfolds!
By Allah! How this sheltering bed contained us!
أيا ليلة الوصل لا تنفدِي
كما ليلة الهجر لا تنفدُ
O night of union, never end,
O night of union, do not fade away
just as the night of parting never ends.
As the night of parting did not fade
ويا غدُ إن كنتَ لي محسناً
فلا تدنُ من ليلتي يا غَدُ
And tomorrow—if you would be kind to me,
And morning, if you come to bless these lovers
do not draw near my night, O tomorrow.
Do not disturb my night, O morn, I pray
Sol 5.6