شَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَيلَةً طَالما كُنْ

شَكَرَ اللَّهُ لَيلَةً طَالما كُنْ

تُ حَرِيصاً مَدَى الزَّمان عَليها

تُ حَرِيصاً مَدَى الزَّمان عَليها

May God reward a night—I had long

I thanked God one night, though long hadst thou

been eager for it throughout time.

Striven for it through the ages patiently.

رَفَعَتْني إلى حِمى الشَّرَفِ الأعْ

رَفَعَتْني إلى حِمى الشَّرَفِ الأعْ

لى فجاوَزْتُ صَاعِداً فَرْقَدَيْهَا

لى فجاوَزْتُ صَاعِداً فَرْقَدَيْهَا

It raised me to the sanctuary of the most

It raised me to the loftiest heights of honor, so

exalted honor; ascending, I passed beyond its two Farqad stars.

I rose above the double ladder of the stars.

وَبِحَسْبي مِنها بُلُوغُ مَقَالٍ

وَبِحَسْبي مِنها بُلُوغُ مَقَالٍ

عَجَزَ النَّجْمُ مِن طُلُوعٍ إلِيْهَا

عَجَزَ النَّجْمُ مِن طُلُوعٍ إلِيْهَا

And enough for me from it is to attain an utterance

Suffice it me to reach a place of words

to which the star could not rise.

Too high for stars in rising to attain.