1. طافَ الخَيالُ وَطافَ الهَمُّ فاعتَكَرا

    عِندَ الفِراشِ فَباتَ الهَمُّ مُحتَضِرا

    The phantom visited, and sorrow visited; then they mingled

    Beside my bed, where sorrow stayed present through the night.

  2. أُراقِبُ النَجمَ كالحَيرانِ مُرتَقِباً

    وَقَلَّصَ النَومُ عَن عَينيَّ فانشَمَرا

    I watch the star like one bewildered, waiting,

    And sleep receded from my eyes, then fled,

  3. مِن لَوعَةٍ أَورَثَت قَرحاً عَلى كَبِدي

    يَوماً فَأَصبَحَ مِنها القَلبُ مُنفَطِرا

    From a burning anguish that left a wound upon my liver

    One day, and so my heart was torn apart by it.

  4. وَمَن يَبِت مُضمِراً هَمّاً كَما ضَمِنَت

    مِنّي الضُلوعُ يَبِت مُستَبطِناً غِيَرا

    And whoever spends the night harboring sorrow like that held

    Within my ribs spends the night harboring calamities.