لا تَلقَ إِلّا بِلَيلٍ مِن تَواصُلُهُ

فَالشَمسُ نَمّامَةٌ وَاللَيلُ قَوّادُ

Meet not but only by night's concealment;

For the sun is a tattler, but night a confidant.

كَم عاشِقٍ وَظَلامُ اللَيلِ يَستُرُهُ

لاقى أَحِبَّتَهُ وَالناسُ رُقّادُ

How many a lover the night's darkness hides

As he visits his beloved while people sleep.