1. A lightning flashed, stirring him awake,
So he spent the night shepherding the stars, depressed,
١. لاحَ لَهُ بارِقٌ فَأَرَّقَهُ
فَباتَ يَرعى النُجومَ مُكتَئِبا
2. His eyelids obeyed him when he wept
But when he tried to sleep, they refused.
٢. يُطيعُهُ الطَرفُ عِندَ دَمعَتِهِ
حَتّى إِذا حاوَلَ الرُقادَ أَبى