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