1. Long was the night whose unity I scattered
With a tear rending all plans but not their intent

2. I roused it as the horses lowered their necks
That its worry's journey might match its clamor's extent

3. So it shook off from its lids the dust of concerns
And the smoothness of drowsiness inclined by its side

4. Unaware, as the faint star's bond was undone
Of the most wondrous of what would end or give life to its night

5. It frolicked freely, while the cock called out its dawn
And the beasts forded its darkness, in its shelter