1. ببابِكَ الرَّحْبِ سِرَاجٌ غَدَا

    في قَلْبهِ لِلشَّوْقِ أَذْكَى لَهِيبْ

    Siraj has come to your spacious gate,

    With longing’s fiercest flame in his heart,

  2. مُتَّبِعاً مَنْ قَالَ مِن قَبْلِهِ

    وإِنَّما اللَّيْلُ نُهارُ الأَديبْ

    Following one who said before him:

    “And night is but the man of letters’ day.”