وَلَيْلٍ كَلَوْنِ السُّخْطِ أَقْمَرَ بِالرِّضا

وَلَيْلٍ كَلَوْنِ السُّخْطِ أَقْمَرَ بِالرِّضا

فَهَجْرُكَ مَقْرُونٌ بِهِ مِثْلُ وَصْلِكا

فَهَجْرُكَ مَقْرُونٌ بِهِ مِثْلُ وَصْلِكا

And a night, the color of displeasure, grew moonlit with contentment;

And night, the color of anger, is made radiant by contentment

For your estrangement is bound up with it, just as your union is.

So your estrangement is paired with it just like your union

كَأَنَّ بَياضَ الفَجْرِ في ظُلْمَةِ الدُّجى

كَأَنَّ بَياضَ الفَجْرِ في ظُلْمَةِ الدُّجى

بَياضُ اعْتِذاري في تَلَوُّنِ عَذْلِكا

بَياضُ اعْتِذاري في تَلَوُّنِ عَذْلِكا

As though the whiteness of dawn in the darkness of night

As if the whiteness of dawn in the darkness of nightfall

Were the whiteness of my apology amid the shifting colors of your reproach.

Is the whiteness of my apology in the changeability of your blame