1. مَا عَلَيْنا ضَوْءٌ وَقَد أَبْطَأ الشَّمْ

    عُ فَقَوِّضْ بِنَا خِيامَ الدَّيَاجي

    No light falls upon us, and slow to come

    is the candle; so strike down for us the tents of dark nights.

  2. وَتَدارَكْ مِنَّا عَلَيْهِ ظَلاماً

    لَمْ يَكَدْ يَنْجلِي بِنُورِ السِّراجِ

    And relieve us of a darkness lying over it,

    that scarcely clears by the light of the lamp.