1. يا لَيلَةً بِتُّ فيها دائِمَ السَهرِ

    أَرعى النُجومَ حَليفَ الهَمِّ وَالفِكرِ

    O night in which I remained ceaselessly awake,

    Watching the stars, companion to sorrow and thought.

  2. كَأَنَّها حينَ ذَرَّ اللَيلُ ظُلمَتَهُ

    جَمرٌ جَلَتهُ الصَبا في مُصطَلىً خَضِرِ

    As though they, when night scattered its darkness,

    Were embers the east wind laid bare in a green hearth.

  3. يا وَيحَ قَلبِيَ مِن ريمٍ بُليتُ بِهِ

    بِالصُبحِ مُنتَقِبٍ بِاللَيلِ مُعتَجِرِ

    Ah, woe to my heart for a gazelle with whom I am afflicted,

    Veiled in dawn, turbaned in night.