وَكَم لَيلَةٍ قَد جَمَّعَتنا وَأَدبَرَت

وَكَم لَيلَةٍ قَد جَمَّعَتنا وَأَدبَرَت

تَنوحُ عَلى تَفريقنا وَتَلَهَّفُ

تَنوحُ عَلى تَفريقنا وَتَلَهَّفُ

And how many a night has brought us together and departed,

How many nights have brought us together and passed

lamenting our separation and grieving.

You mourn our parting and yearn

وَلَيلة أُنس قَد غَمرنا ظَلامها

وَلَيلة أُنس قَد غَمرنا ظَلامها

بِأَوجه راحٍ تَستَنير فَترشفُ

بِأَوجه راحٍ تَستَنير فَترشفُ

And a night of companionship whose darkness we flooded

And a night of intimacy has drowned us in its darkness

with faces of wine that gleam, then are sipped,

With the faces of travellers who seek light and drink

إِلى أَن بَدا وَجهُ الصَّباحِ كَأَنَّما

إِلى أَن بَدا وَجهُ الصَّباحِ كَأَنَّما

تَحَمَّلَ لُقمانٌ وَأَقبَلَ يُوسُفُ

تَحَمَّلَ لُقمانٌ وَأَقبَلَ يُوسُفُ

until the face of morning appeared, as though

Until the face of morning appeared as if

Luqman had departed and Yusuf had arrived.

Luqman had endured and Joseph approached