وجنّand fell عليّupon me الليلُthe night حتىuntil حسبتهُI thought it to be
وجنّ عليّ الليلُ حتى حسبتهُ
جفاءcoldness كريمٍof a noble man أوor رجاءhope in لئيمa base man
جفاء كريمٍ أو رجاء لئيم
And night fell upon me until I thought it
The night frowned at me as if
A noble man's coldness, or hope placed in a base man.
It were the aloofness of a generous man or the vain hopes of a wretch
Sol 6.1