وليلة زارني والسعد وافى

وليلة زارني والسعد وافى

على رغم المنافق والمداجي

على رغم المنافق والمداجي

And one night he visited me, and good fortune arrived,

And a night visited me, happiness arrived

Despite the hypocrite and the dissembler.

Despite the hypocrite and the flatterer

رأى ليلاً عيون الشهب رمداً

رأى ليلاً عيون الشهب رمداً

فعصبها بمسود الدياجي

فعصبها بمسود الدياجي

He saw at night the bright stars’ eyes inflamed,

He saw the eyes of the stars blinking

So he bandaged them with the blackness of night.

So he bandaged them with the blackness of dawn