زارَتْ أُمَيْمَةُ وَالظَّلْماءُ تَعْتَكِرُ

وَالنَّجْمُ يَخْطِرُ في أَلحاظِهِ السَّهَرُ

Umaymah came to visit while the darkness was still murky,

And the stars were twinkling, keeping night's vigil.

فَبِتُّ وَالوَجْدُ يَطْويني وَيَنْشُرُني

حَتّى رَأَيْتُ فُروعَ الصُّبْحِ تَنْتَشِرُ

I spent the night consumed by passion which ignited and spread through me

Until I saw the branches of dawn begin to unfold.

أُلْقي إِلَيْها أَحَادِيثاً تَلينُ لَنا

مُتونُها وَدُموعُ العَيْنِ تَبْتَدِرُ

I confided in her words which softened between us -

Their essence and the tears welling in my eyes spoke volumes.

وَلي إِذا خَالسَتْنِي القَوْلَ أَوْ سَفَرَتْ

عَنْ وَجْهِها ما اشْتَهاه السَّمْعُ وَالبَصَرُ

And if she ever deprived me of her words or traveled away

From her beauty, which hearing and sight had coveted,

فَلَسْتُ أَدْري وَذَيْلُ اللَّيْلِ يَسْتُرَنا

أَتِلْكَ في حُسْنِها أَبْهى أَمِ القَمرُ

I wouldn't know, as the night's hem concealed us,

Whether she in her splendor, or the moon, shone brighter.