كأن خبوءَ الشمسِ ثم غُروبَها

كأن خبوءَ الشمسِ ثم غُروبَها

وقد جعلتْ في مَجنح الليل تَمرضُ

وقد جعلتْ في مَجنح الليل تَمرضُ

It is as though the sun’s fading, then its setting,

As if the sun's seclusion then its sunset

as it begins to sicken at the onset of night,

Which made the night's wings ail and languish

تخاوصُ عينٍ مسَّ أجفانَها الكرى

تخاوصُ عينٍ مسَّ أجفانَها الكرى

يُرنّقُ فيها النومُ ثم تغمِّضُ

يُرنّقُ فيها النومُ ثم تغمِّضُ

were the squinting of an eye whose lids drowsiness has touched:

A sleepy eye the worries have touched

sleep hovers within it, then it closes.

Wherein slumber is decked then shuts