أحالِماً كانَ أَم رازَ الصَبوحُ بِهِ

أحالِماً كانَ أَم رازَ الصَبوحُ بِهِ

فَظَلَّ يَفسُدُ شَيئاً لَيسَ مَوجودا

فَظَلَّ يَفسُدُ شَيئاً لَيسَ مَوجودا

Was he dreaming, or had the morning draught put him to the test,

Was it a dream or the secret of dawn it bore?

so that he kept spoiling something that did not exist?

It remained corrupting something not present.