أَلَسْتَ تَرَى الظَّلاَمَ وَقَدْ تَوَلَّى

وَعُنْقُودَ الثُّرَيَّا قَدْ تَدَلَّى

Do you not see the darkness as it departs

And the grape cluster hangs low?

فَدُونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا

تَقَادُمُ عَهْدِهَا إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ

So make yourself a coffee untouched

With only its stale grounds remaining

بَزَلْنَا دَنَّهَا واللَّيْلُ دَاجٍ

فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجَى شَمْسَاً وَظِلاَّ

We approached it closely as night fell

And the gloom made a sun and shade