1. My eyelids would not bow to a wink
Yet the morn and eve made them bend
١. كانَت قَناتي لا تَلينُ لِغامِزٍ
فَأَلانَها الإِصباحُ وَالإِمساءُ
2. I called on my Lord amid safety with zeal
That He may heal me, but safety itself was the bane
٢. وَدَعَوتُ رَبّي في السَلامَةِ جاهِداً
لِيُصِحَّني فَإِذا السَلامَةُ داءُ