يا ليلةً جَمَعَتْنا بعدَ مُفتَرَقٍ

فبِتُّ من صُبْحِها حتَّى بدا فَرِقا

O night that brought us together after separation

I spent it with her I love until dawn broke us apart

لمَّا خَلَوتُ بمن أهوى بها قَصُرَت

فكادَ يَسبُقُ منها فجرُها الشَّفَقا

When I was alone with the one I love in it, it was too short

Its dawn almost preceded its eve