1. يا ربَّ لَيلةِ سَعدٍ باتَ يَطرقُني

    فُجاءةً عِند ذي الفَخرينِ مَطلَعُهُ

    Ah, many a night of good fortune, when I was visited

    Suddenly, in Dhu al-Fakhrayn's presence, by fortune's rising.

  2. ما كانَ في مَولِدي ذكرٌ فأعرِفُه

    مِنه ولا في مَواعيدي تَوقُّعُهُ

    There was no mention in my natal chart that would let me know it

    From it, nor any expectation of it in the promises made to me.

  3. فلستُ أدري وما أمسَيتُ أبصرُه

    أتمَّ في الفَضل أم ما بتُّ أسمَعُهُ

    So I cannot tell whether what I behold this evening

    Is more perfect in excellence, or what I have spent the night hearing.