صفحت لدهري عن جميع هناته

وعددت يوم الباغ اسنى هباته

I forgave my fate for all its failings,

And counted the day in the garden its most splendid gift.

وقابلت أشجاراً هناك تقدمن

تعطل غصن البان عن حركاته

And I met trees there that had come forward;

The bān bough ceased its swaying.

ويخجل ورد الباغ عن طلوعه

ويعذله بالورد في وجناته

And the garden's rose is ashamed to bloom,

And chides him for the roses in his cheeks.

ويسجد نور الاقحوان لثغره

ويقصر نشر الورد عن نفحاته

And the daisy blossom bows down before his smile,

And the rose's fragrance falls short of his fragrant breaths.

ولما دجى الليل استعاد سنا الضحى

بوجه جميع الحسن بعض صفاته

And when night grew dark, it regained midmorning's radiance,

Through a face of whose qualities all beauty is but a part.

فيا لك من ليل رقيق ظلامه

بتأليف شمل الانس بعد شتاته

Ah, what a night, with darkness so soft,

With fellowship reunited after its dispersal.