طَافَ خَيَالُ الحَبِيْبِ فِي الغَلَسِ

فَبِتُّ مِنْهُ بِأَعْظَمِ الأُنْسِ

The image of my beloved circled in seclusion

So I spent the night with utmost intimacy

طَيْفُ حَبِيْبٍ حَفِظْتُ خُلَّتَهُ

وَأَدْرَكَتْهُ مَلاَلَةٌ فَنَسِي

The apparition of a beloved I kept his company

Yet boredom overcame him and he forgot

قَصَّرَ لَيْلِي بِطِيْبِ زَوْرَتِهِ

وَكَانَ لَيْلِي أَمَدَّ مِنْ نَفَسِي

My night was shortened by his pleasant visit

And my night became longer than my soul