1. كم ليلةٍ بتُّ مطويّا على حرَق

    أشكو إلى النجم حتى كاد يشكوني

    How many a night I spent curled up with burning anguish,

    Complaining to the star until it almost complained of me.

  2. والصبحُ قد مطلَ الشرقُ العيونَ بهِ

    كأنّه حاجةٌ في كفِّ مسكينِ

    And the east had kept the eyes waiting for dawn,

    As though it were a possession in a poor man's palm.