1. As if the heart the night before were to spend
The night in populated Leila or take rest,

2. A wild cat whose company fate forbade
Clung to it, though its wings were still unspread,

3. It had two fledglings, whom at dawn it left
In a nest which the winds began to buffet,

4. Whenever they heard the winds begin to blow
And fate had not allowed what they wished to know,

5. So neither in the night attained what they sought
Nor in the morn enjoyed any rest brought