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When his gifts in us began, there followed after

إذا ما بدت فينا عطاياه عقبت

1. When his gifts in us began, there followed after
How many a sorrowful one with no relief coming after

١. إِذا ما بَدَت فينا عَطاياهُ عَقَّبَت
وَكَم بادِئٍ لِلمُزنِ غَيرَ مُعَقَّبِ

2. And when the turns of fate toss him about
I said: perhaps fate itself does not toss about

٢. وَلَمّا يُفَرِّرهُ تَقَلُّبَ دَهرِهِ
فَقُلتَ لَعَلَّ الدَهرَ لَم يَتَقَلَّبِ

3. And the longed-for draws near him, until it seems
The dawn's light accompanies each yearned-for thing

٣. وَيَدنو لَهُ المَطلوبُ حَتّى كَأَنَّما
يُواكِبُ ضَوءَ الصُبحِ في كُلِّ مَطلَبِ