1. And a night when I passed it
I did not know in it what year it was
١. وَلَيلَةٍ قَد بِتُّها
لَم أَدرِ فيها ما السِنَه
2. Evil it was, it left
For time with me no good thing
٢. سَيِّئَةٌ ما تَرَكَت
لِلدَهرِ عِندي حَسَنَه
3. Long it was, so how much did pass in it
Of the seasons of time
٣. طالَت فَكَم قَد دارَ في
ها مِن فُصولِ الأَزمِنَه
4. I reckoned it the day
Whose measure is a thousand years
٤. قَدَّرتُها اليَومَ الَّذي
مِقدارُهُ أَلفُ سَنَه