1. I reached my sadness at dawn, though
my life is a happy sadness and a dawn
١. وَصَلْتُ غَبُوقي بالصَّبُوحِ وإنَّما
حَيَاتي غَبُوقٌ مُسْعِدٌ وَصَبُوحُ
2. I awakened my fire sticks, but the morning breeze
did not play with a stick or speak through a bellow
٢. وَنبهَّتُ عِيداني وَلَمْ تَعْبثِ الصَّبا
بِعُودٍ وَلمْ يَنطِقْ عَليهِ صَدُوحُ
3. It was as if I had plucked out the rooster's eye in the goblet
So it stood up startled, screaming out of hatred
٣. كَأَنِي سَلَبْتُ الدِّيكَ في الكَأْسِ عَيْنَهُ
فَقَامَ مَرُوعاً مِن كَراهُ يَصِيحُ