ولَيْلَةٍ لَيْلاءَ في اللْ

ولَيْلَةٍ لَيْلاءَ في اللْ

لَوْنِ كَلَوْنِ المِفْرَقِ

لَوْنِ كَلَوْنِ المِفْرَقِ

And a night, pitch-black in

And a pitch-dark night, in

color, like hair at its parting;

color like that of the hair’s parting,

كَأَنَّما نُجومُها

كَأَنَّما نُجومُها

في مَغْرِبٍ ومَشْرِقِ

في مَغْرِبٍ ومَشْرِقِ

as though its stars,

as though its stars

in west and east, were

in the west and east

دَراهِم مَنْثورَةٌ

دَراهِم مَنْثورَةٌ

على بِساطٍ أَزْرَقِ

على بِساطٍ أَزْرَقِ

scattered silver dirhams

were scattered dirhams

upon a blue carpet.

upon a blue carpet.