1. O night that dragged on as if its stars
were sleepless lovers bound by duty,
١. يا ليلةً طالتْ كأنَّ نجومَها
غُرَماءُ أرقبَهُم لِدَيْنٍ واجبِ
2. The moon like an aged man declaiming
as the Pleiades gesticulated before him.
٢. والبَدْرُ كالشَّيْخِ الأجَلِّ تَمَنْطَقَتْ
قُدَّامَهُ الجَوْزاءُ مثلَ الحاجِبِ