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One night of nights, you and I alone At the wave of the sea, gazing raptly You, beautiful one — O dark-lashed eyes I, with longing — without pain and longing

That night when you left — what did you see? You broke my heart, you cut yourself from me Where did you go, O enchanting-eyed one? You fled from me like a gazelle — where?

Another night — I and my heart and my grief At the foot of flowers, we told our tales How many nights sick and alone I raised a lament and wept

Shabe ze shabha, man o tu tanha Ba mawje darya, khera medidem Tu zeba, ay dida shahlaa Man ba tamana, be ranj o sawda

Aanshab ke rafti az man chi didi Dilam shekasti, az man boridi Rafti koja tu, ay didah jadoo Az man ramidi manande aaho Koja?

Shabe digar ham, man o dil o gham Ba paye gulha, qesa mekgardem Che shabha bemar o tanha Nala sar dadam, geryaha gardam

Shabe seya bood, na noor mah bood Shabe ke yaram ze man joda bood Chon o khabar shod, ghamam basar Setaraha mord, shabam sehar shod Khuda!

Shabe ze shabha, man o tu tanha Ba mawje darya khera medidem Tu zeba, ay dida shahlaa Man ba tamana, be ranje sawda