رَعى اللَهُ لَيْلاً ضَلَّ عَنْهُ صَبَاحُهُ

وَطَيْفُكَ فيهِ لا يُفارِقُ مَضْجَعي

The night advanced while its morning abandoned it,

and your phantom does not leave my bed.

وَلَمْ أَرَ مِثْلي غارَ مِنْ طُولِ لَيْلِهِ

عَلَيْهِ كأَنَّ الليلَ يَعْشَقُهُ مَعي

I have not seen anyone as distressed by the long night as I,

as if the night were in love with him, like me.

وَمازِلْتُ أَبْكي في دُجَاهُ صَبَابَةً

مِنَ الوَجْدِ حتَّى ابْيَضَّ مِنْ فَيْضِ أَدْمُعي

I continued to weep the night through like a youth,

from passion, until my copious tears whitened.