قد تنبهت من النو

قد تنبهت من النو

م وأصحابي هجود

م وأصحابي هجود

I had awakened from sleep,

I awoke at dawn

while my companions slumbered,

while my friends slept

سحراً حيث نسيم ال

سحراً حيث نسيم ال

روض معتلٌّ برود

روض معتلٌّ برود

before dawn, when the breeze of the

in the magic hour when the garden breeze

garden was languid and cool.

blew its refreshing coolness

والدجى خيمة شعر

والدجى خيمة شعر

تحتها الصبح عمود

تحتها الصبح عمود

And the darkness was a haircloth tent,

and the darkness was a tent of hair

with dawn a pole beneath it.

beneath which the dawn was a pillar

وعلى الهبات طفل ال

وعلى الهبات طفل ال

غصن يمضي ويعود

غصن يمضي ويعود

And upon the gusts, the child of the

and on the branches a child,

bough goes forth and returns.

the bough, went to and fro

قلت في نفسيَ هذا

قلت في نفسيَ هذا

زمن الشعر السعيد

زمن الشعر السعيد

I said to myself: “This

I said to myself: this

is the time of happy poetry.”

is the time of happy poetry