1. My autumn night is restless,
It rages, thunders, throws, and stabs,

2. Brandishing amusing swords,
Sprawling like a battered mountain.

3. It comes and goes like a mill,
Crushing rocks and glass as it grinds.

4. It runs like angry thickets,
It rests, yawns wide like a grave.

5. It undresses, adorns itself, reveals
Forms, smiles, dresses up.

6. In every wall it tosses and turns,
And lurks in every passage.

7. And names itself without names,
And colors itself without colors.

8. It sniffs with its ears, gazes
Uneasily like a watchful guard.

9. From where do I pass? Here is a cursed
Den I abhorred and cursed.

10. And private guards standing
Clamor like a rusty gramophone.

11. And they carry barrels, break in
Under the lights without being jailed.

12. Prominent numbered pieces of wood
With people's names they adorn.

13. And here is a window watching me,
A specter examining my face.

14. Something shakes like a pendulum
And on its feet it wobbles.

15. A door lights up, a corner listens,
A curve hides like an ambush.

16. A lantern dims like a sleepyhead
And awakens like an alert idiot.

17. Like a stubborn criminal receiving
A publicized death sentence.

18. What is this? A noisy crowd
Screaming or singing, being creative.

19. Pits with their platforms shaking,
Bundles of straw changing colors.

20. Elation in this lofty palace,
Or a wedding in this dwelling.

21. And why do I envy one who seems
Happy with his contented life?

22. No, I'm not miserable that
Others are safe while I'm not.

23. But the joys of the blissful
Make the tormented grieve.

24. Well, the heavy rain has stopped
And my path started to rot,

25. And I went on confused like my evenings,
Tossing, persisting, and muddling on.

26. To the right, O Sanaa, shall I go,
Or take the path on the right?

27. Which is better, this or that?
Nothing here seems best.

28. Go on, O Farhan, without
Fear .. no use to feel safe.

29. I went on .. I think without doubt
And with no certainty I was certain,

30. And I went, I went .. I arrived
At a suburb like a wayfarer.

31. And here is a fatter landlord.
The guard of this one is fiercer,

32. No, the guard of that one is rougher.
The other tall house appears

33. Richer .. but more fortified.
And there is an old inheritor woman

34. Who gives .. if I had something to pawn.
Shall I sneak into her house? Sneak in,

35. Maybe its gains I can secure.
No, no .. it has a woman's cowardice,

36. And if I strangle her, I'd be a coward.
The bank's protection is stronger

37. And its deposits are said to be more precious.
If it were about its protection,

38. I'd think breaking in is possible.
The bank's lock is another thing,

39. Needing thieves from London.
All the money is armed

40. With sophisticated terrorism.
So let me go back, well I don't know,

41. Is my return or loss more ignorant?
Suhail's tomorrow, and it has

42. Purer paths and lighter troubles.
And I started to feel an emerging lad,

43. Other than me, forming from my shreds.