لست أنسى ليالياً قد تولت

نلت فيها من الحبيب وصاله

I shall not forget nights that have passed away,

when I attained union with the beloved.

كلما مدت النجوم شباكاً

منع الصبح أن تصاد الغزاله

Whenever the stars spread their nets,

dawn kept the gazelle from being caught;

أو تبدت فيها طلائع فجر

سل برق الدجا عليها نصاله

or, when the vanguard of daybreak appeared within them,

the lightning of darkness unsheathed its blades against it.