1. I placed my hopes in tomorrow, so I awaited it
Yet it did not come until my sorrow for yesterday grew long
١. أَمَلْتُ رَجَائِي فِي غَدٍ فَانْتَظَرْتُهُ
فَمَا جَاءَ حَتَّى طَالَ حُزْنِي عَلَى أَمْسِي
2. And I turned my matter over to you until, when
The ways I might come to you were finished, I wept for myself
٢. وَقَلَّبْتُ أَمْرِي فِيكَ حَتَّى إِذَا انْقَضَتْ
وَسَائِلُ مَا آتِي بَكَيْتُ عَلَى نَفْسِي