وَغِزلانِ إِنسٍ قَد طَرَقتُ بِسُدفَةٍ

فَلَم تَكتَحِل أَجفانُهُم بِرُقادِ

With human does my spirit hold converse at night,

Yet sleep seals not their eyes throughout the dark.

يَقُلنَ لَنا يا لَيتَ ذا اللَيلَ سَرمَداً

عَلَينا وَلا نَخشى عِيونَ أَعادِ

"Would that this night might last eternally,

No hostile eyes could spy and mark our tryst."

فُؤادِيَ مَشغوفٌ وَسَيفِيَ صارِمٌ

فَهَذا لِإِبعادي وَذا لِسُعادِ

My heart is filled with love, my sword is drawn,

To drive off foes, or speed my feet to bliss.