زارَ الحبيبُ وذيلُ اللّيلِ مُنسدلٌ

زارَ الحبيبُ وذيلُ اللّيلِ مُنسدلٌ

فانجابَ عن وجههِ داجي غياهبهِ

فانجابَ عن وجههِ داجي غياهبهِ

The beloved visited while the hem of night hung down.

The beloved came while the tail of night hung down

Then the darkness of its deep shadows parted from his face.

So his resplendent face dispelled its darkness

فقالَ لي صاحبي والضوءُ قد رفعت

فقالَ لي صاحبي والضوءُ قد رفعت

يداهُ من ليلنا مُرخى جلاببهِ

يداهُ من ليلنا مُرخى جلاببهِ

My companion then said to me, while the light had lifted

My companion said to me, as he raised his hands to the light

With its two hands the loosely draped cloaks from our night:

That shone through our night, parting its veils:

أما تَرى الضوءَ في ليلِ المحاقِ لقد

أما تَرى الضوءَ في ليلِ المحاقِ لقد

جاءَ الزّمانُ بضربٍ مِن عجائبهِ

جاءَ الزّمانُ بضربٍ مِن عجائبهِ

Do you not see the light in the moonless night? Indeed,

"Do you not see the light in the dark night? Indeed

Time has brought forth one of its wonders.

Time has come with wonders among its burdens"

فقلتُ يا عاذِلاً عن نورِ طلعتهِ

فقلتُ يا عاذِلاً عن نورِ طلعتهِ

أما تَرى البدرَ يبدو في عقاربهِ

أما تَرى البدرَ يبدو في عقاربهِ

So I said: O reproacher, as for the radiance of his face—

I said "Oh you who blame the light of his rising

Do you not see the full moon appearing amid its scorpions?

Do you not see the moon wax in its arcs?"