لَيالي أَجمَلَت فيهِنَّ جُملٌ

إِلَيَّ وَأَسعَدَت فيها سُعادُ

Nights in which beautiful moments were made perfect for me,

And in them I was blessed with good fortune,

فَبِتُّ أَقولُ مِن طَرَبٍ إِلَيها

أَلا يا عَهدُ جادَتكَ العِهادُ

So I spend the night saying to them in rapture:

“Will not your bountiful epoch return?”

لَقَد أَطرَبَتنا وَمَضَيتَ عَنّا

فَلَيتَكَ كُنتَ صَوتاً يُستَعادُ

You did entrance us, then left us;

Would that you were a voice that could be recalled!