1. As though when its sun had set on the horizon
And the night enfolded the falling stars in its cloak,
١. كأنّما الأفق لمّا شمسهُ غربت
واللّيل يشمل درَّ الشهب مسدَفهُ
2. A pouring of sorrows from the mouths of woes wept
With Jacob's tears when Joseph his son was lost
٢. صبٌّ تردّى بأفواه الأسى فبكى
بدمع يعقوبَ لمّا غابَ يوسفهُ