يا ليلةً قُدِّمت حتَّى إذا قَدِمت

عظّمتُ حرمتَها فِعْلَ الألِبَّاءِ

O night that was brought forward, when you came

I magnified your sanctity, the deed of loved ones

لأنَّها بادّكارٍ للأوائلِ من

صِيْدِ الملوكِ الأشدَّاءِ الأسدّاءِ

Because it recalls the first ones with

The hunting of mighty, lion-like kings

قد أطلعتْ من عِنان الراح طلعتَها

وأَنطقتْ أَلْسُنَ العيدانِ والناءِ

You have risen from the horse's rein risen

And moved the tongues of festivity and lament

ونبَّهتْ أعينَ اللذات من سِنَةٍ

والشأنُ في نظمِها عقدُ الأحِبَّاءِ

And awakened the eyes of pleasures from slumber

And the matter in its stringing is lovers embraced