1. فإِن أَمسَيتُ مُكتبئاً حَزيناً

    كَثيرَ الهَمِّ يَشهَدُني الحِذارُ

    For if I have come to evening downcast and sorrowful,

    full of care, with dread attending me,

  2. فَقَد بُدِّلتُ ذاكَ بِنُعمِ بَالٍ

    وأَيَّامٍ لَياليها قِصارُ

    then I have been given that in exchange for ease of mind

    and days whose nights were short.