وَلَيلٍand a night أَدَمناwe continued فيهِin it شُربَdrinking مَدامَةٍwine
وَلَيلٍ أَدَمنا فيهِ شُربَ مَدامَةٍ
إِلىuntil أَنthat بَداappeared لِلصُبحِof dawn فيin اللَيلِthe night تأثيرُinfluence
إِلى أَن بَدا لِلصُبحِ في اللَيلِ تأثيرُ
And on a night we drank wine without cease,
A night we lingered, drinking wine
Until dawn's influence appeared in the night.
Till dawn began to pierce the dark.
وَجاءَتand came نُجومُstars الصُبحِdawn تَضربُstriking فيin الدُجىthe darkness
وَجاءَت نُجومُ الصُبحِ تَضربُ في الدُجى
فَوَلَّتso they fled نُجومُstars اللَيلِthe night وَاللَيلِand the night مَقهورُvanquished
فَوَلَّت نُجومُ اللَيلِ وَاللَيلِ مَقهورُ
And the stars of dawn came striking through the darkness,
Then came the morning stars, and struck
So the stars of night fled, and night was vanquished.
The gloom, and put the night to flight.
فَحُزناso we gained مَنَfrom اللَذاتِthe pleasures أَطيَبَthe sweetest طيبِهاtheir sweetness
فَحُزنا مَنَ اللَذاتِ أَطيَبَ طيبِها
وَلَمand did not يَعدناvisit us هَمٌّcare وَلاnor عاقَhinder تَكديرُvexation
وَلَم يَعدنا هَمٌّ وَلا عاقَ تَكديرُ
So we gained from pleasures their sweetest delight,
And so we mourned the joys we’d lost,
And no care visited us, nor did vexation hinder us.
For no grief or regret remained
خَلاexcept أَنَّهُthat it لَوif طالَlasted longer دامَتwould have endured مَسَرَّةٌjoy
خَلا أَنَّهُ لَو طالَ دامَت مَسَرَّةٌ
وَلَكِنand yet لَياليnights الوَصلِunion فيهِنَّin them تَقصيرُcurtailment
وَلَكِن لَيالي الوَصلِ فيهِنَّ تَقصيرُ
Save that, had it lasted longer, joy would have endured;
Except that when delight is long,
But nights of union are cut short.
The nights of union seem too short.