وَالصُّبْحُ قَدْ مَطَلَ اللَّيْلُ العُيُونَ بِهِ

وَالصُّبْحُ قَدْ مَطَلَ اللَّيْلُ العُيُونَ بِهِ

كأَنَّهُ حاجَةٌ في يَدِّ ضِنِّينِ

كأَنَّهُ حاجَةٌ في يَدِّ ضِنِّينِ

And dawn—night has kept the eyes waiting for it,

as though it were something needed in a miser’s hand.