1. The night stretched long upon me, as though
It had complied with the estrangement that never ceases.
١. فَطالَ عَليَّ الليلُ حَتّى كَأَنَّهُ
قَد اِمتثلَ الهَجرَ الَّذي لَيسَ يُقلِعُ
2. And my wait for the dawn grew long, as though
I were awaiting one who is absent and will not return.
٢. وَطالَ اِنتِظاري لِلصَّباح كَأَنَّني
أُراقِبُ مِنهُ غائِباً لَيسَ يَرجِعُ
3. So O poetry of the one I love, have you an end?
And O face of the one I love, have you a rising?
٣. فَيا شعرَ من أَهواهُ هَل لَكَ آخرٌ
وَيا وَجهَ مَن أَهواهُ هَل لَكَ مَطلِعُ