وَلَيلَةٍ مِنَ اللَيالي الزُهر

قابَلتُ فيها بَدرها بِبدري

And on a night of many nights the full moon

I met within it, my moon with hers

لَم تَكُ غَير شَفق وَفَجر

حَتّى تَوَلّت وَهيَ بِكرُ الدَّهر

It was nothing but sunset and dawn

Until it revolved, though at the start of time