1. I awoke at dawn 
while my friends slept 
١. قد تنبهت من النو
 م وأصحابي هجود
2. in the magic hour when the garden breeze 
blew its refreshing coolness 
٢. سحراً حيث نسيم ال
 روض معتلٌّ برود
3. and the darkness was a tent of hair
beneath which the dawn was a pillar 
٣. والدجى خيمة شعر
 تحتها الصبح عمود
4. and on the branches a child, 
the bough, went to and fro 
٤. وعلى الهبات طفل ال
 غصن يمضي ويعود
5. I said to myself: this 
is the time of happy poetry 
٥. قلت في نفسيَ هذا
 زمن الشعر السعيد