وَصَلَت مِنكَ رُقعَةٌ أَسأَمَتني

وَصَلَت مِنكَ رُقعَةٌ أَسأَمَتني

وَثَنَت صَبرِيَ الجَميلَ كَليلا

وَثَنَت صَبرِيَ الجَميلَ كَليلا

A note from you arrived that wearied me

A note from you has wearied me,

and left my noble patience spent:

And wholly bent my patience down.

كَنَهارِ المَصيَفِ حراً وَكرباً

كَنَهارِ المَصيَفِ حراً وَكرباً

وَلَيالي الشِتاءِ بَرداً وَطولا

وَلَيالي الشِتاءِ بَرداً وَطولا

like a summer day in heat and distress,

Like summer's day, hot, hard and long,

and winter nights in cold and length.

Or winter's night, cold, bleak and long.