1. إصبر على نوب الليالي

    فالدهر مذموم الفعال

    Be patient with the vicissitudes of the nights;

    for time is blameworthy in its deeds.

  2. عباس لا تلم المحب

    على التجنب والملال

    Abbas, do not blame the lover

    for his avoidance and weariness.

  3. ولم السواد فإنه

    عراك من حلل الجمال

    And blame the blackness, for it

    has stripped you of the robes of beauty.

  4. فكأنه ليل الصدو

    د سطا على صبح الوصال

    So it is like the night of estrangement

    that has assailed the dawn of union.