يضمُّdraws together عليَّaround me الليلُthe night أطباقَthe layers حُبِّهاof her love
يضمُّ عليَّ الليلُ أطباقَ حُبِّها
كَماjust as ضَمَّdrew together أَزرارُthe buttons القَميصِof the shirt البنَائِقُthe garment panels
كَما ضَمَّ أَزرارُ القَميصِ البنَائِقُ
Night draws the layers of her love around me,
The night folds over me the plates of its love
Just as a shirt’s buttons draw its panels together.
As the buttons of a shirt enclose the openings