1. What nights are to me, as if for them
In my heart's core some purpose lay concealed
١. ما لِلّيالي وَلي كَأَنَّ لَها
في مُهجَتي أَن يفتِنَها غَرَضا
2. As though in archery contest they had bent
Their whole endeavor and took it for their field
٢. كَأَنَّها قَد تَراهَنَت جُمَلا
في رَميِها وَاِتَّخَذنَها غَرَضا