وَلَيْلَةِ أنْسٍ نِلْتُ مِنْهَا بَنَفْسَجاً

وَلَيْلَةِ أنْسٍ نِلْتُ مِنْهَا بَنَفْسَجاً

وَزَهْراً وَخَفْضُ العَيْشِ كَانَ بها نَصْبًا

وَزَهْراً وَخَفْضُ العَيْشِ كَانَ بها نَصْبًا

And a night of delight, from which I gained violets

And a night of intimacy from which I picked

And blossoms—and life's ease that night was toil.

Violets and roses, while life's trouble was poured out as water

كَأنَّ دُجَاهَا وَالثريَّا وَقَدْ بَدَتْ

كَأنَّ دُجَاهَا وَالثريَّا وَقَدْ بَدَتْ

لَنَا وهلاَل الافق نَوَّلَهَا قُرْبًا

لَنَا وهلاَل الافق نَوَّلَهَا قُرْبًا

As though its darkness and the Pleiades, which had appeared

As if its darkness, Pleiades and the crescent moon rising

To us, while the horizon's crescent brought them near

Were revealed to us, bringing the horizon near