1. مرَّت كَجَرْي الخيل والسيلِ

    ثلاثُ ساعات منَ الليلِ

    They passed like galloping horses and a rushing flood:

    three hours of the night.

  2. ما قَصُرتْ إِلاَّ لأَنَّ الذي

    أَهواه قد أَسْعَفَ بالنَّيْلِ

    They seemed short only because the one

    I love granted me what I sought.

  3. قد حَسُنَتْ حالي فإِن يَنْتَزحْ

    عَنِّي فلا حَالي ولاَ حَيْلي

    My condition has improved; but if he goes away

    from me, I will have neither ease nor resourcefulness.

  4. مضت أَربعُ ساعاتٍ

    مِنَ اللَّيلِ الذي يَسْري

    Four hours passed

    of the night that journeys on,

  5. ومَحْبُوبيَ بَلْ بَدْرِي

    مَضْمُومٌ إِلى صَدْري

    while my beloved—rather, my full moon—

    was held close to my breast.