يا ليلةً كالمسكِ منظرُها

وكذاكَ في التشبيهِ مخبرُها

O night, your sight is like musk,

And so is your scent, as I've been told,

أحييتُها والبدرُ يخدِمُني

والشمسُ أنهاها وآمُرُها

I revived it as the full moon served me,

The sun ended it as I commanded.