1. وليلةٍ طولُها عليَّ سَنَه

    باتَ بها الجَفنُ نادِباً وَسَنَه

    And a night whose length, to me, was a year;

    The eyelid spent it mourning its slumber,

  2. بأربعٍ بينَهُنّ واحدةٌ

    كَسّيئاتٍ وبينها حَسَنه

    With four, among whom was one—

    Like sins with a good deed among them.