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