وَلَيلَةِ وَصلٍ غابَ عَنّا رَقيبُها

مَعَ الدَّهرِ لا عادَ إِلى آخِرِ الدَّهرِ

And on a night of union her watchman wandered away,

Leaving us forever, never returning until the end of time.

نَهَينا بِها جُنحَ الظَّلامِ فَما بَدَت

أَوائِلُهُ حَتّى خَلَطناهُ بِالفَجرِ

We spread the wings of darkness over her, and daybreak failed to show,

Its beginning smothered as we blended it with the dawn.