Sweet discourse makes short days and nights.

Enjoyable conversation can make even a long span of time feel brief. The saying connects the pleasure of talking with a reduced awareness of passing hours.

It also suggests that companionship changes how time is experienced: when people are absorbed in what they are saying to one another, a day or evening may seem to end too soon.

Use the proverb to describe time passing quickly during an absorbing, enjoyable conversation, or to express appreciation for the company of someone with whom talking feels easy.