1. And night hung like the paw of a cat
On the light of a dawn whose glow was trapped
١. وَلَيلٍ كَإِبهامِ القَطاةِ مُعَلَّقٍ
بِنورِ صَباحٍ ظَلَّ فيهِ بِمُرقَبِ
2. In its grasp. Together we whiled away
The hours, heedless of nights yet to come.
٢. أَقَمنا عَلى أَوطارِ لَهوٍ مُعَجَّلٍ
بِهِ وَتَواعَدنا بِلَيلٍ مُعَقَّبِ
3. Gone now is the time when youth thought not
Of consequence; when age had little weight.
٣. عَلى حين لا عَهدُ الشَبابِ بمحلقٍ
لَديّ وَلا زِندُ المشيبِ بِمَثقَبِ