1. أتى طيف نعم مضجعي بعد هدأة

    ولليل سلطان وظلٌ ممدد

    Nuʿm's apparition came to my bed after a hush,

    while night held sway and its shadow lay outstretched.

  2. وعهدي بها تحت التراب مقيمةً

    وجاءت كما قد كنت من قبل أعهد

    Yet I knew her to be dwelling beneath the earth,

    and she came just as I had known her before.

  3. فعدنا كما كنا وعاد زماننا

    كما قد عهدنا قبل والعود أحمد

    So we were as we had been, and our time returned,

    as we had known it before—and the return was sweeter.