1. وَلَمْ أَدْرِ إلا عِندَ أَخذِيَ مَضْجَعي

    وَقَد سَدَّ لَيلي دُونَ أَبوابِكَ السُّبْلا

    And I did not realize until I took to my bed,

    When my night had barred the paths to your doors.

  2. فَبِتُّ أُقاسي لَيلَةً نَابِغيَّةً

    بِها النَّوْمُ لَمْ يَعقِدْ جُفُوني ولا خَلَّى

    So I spent the night enduring a night like al-Nabighah's,

    In which sleep neither bound my eyelids nor released them.

  3. فَدَعْ مُقلتي تَلْقَى الرَّدَى مُطمئِنةً

    فقد جَعَلتْ بِالسُّهْدِ والدَّمعِ لي شُغْلا

    So let my eye meet death at peace,

    For it has kept me occupied with sleeplessness and tears.