1. وخانَ الطرفُ من وسن الرقاد

    قريحَ الجفنِ من ألم السهاد

    And the eye, drowsy with sleep, betrayed

    One whose eyelid was sore from the pain of sleeplessness.

  2. كأنَّ الليل قال له ترنح

    إلى وجه الصباحِ عن الوسادِ

    As though the night had said to him, 'Sway

    Toward morning's face, away from the pillow.'

  3. وفيّ من الهوى لحظات طرفٍ

    رنا مستمنحاً سلسَ القيادِ

    And within me, from love, are glances of an eye

    That gazed, seeking a gift, yielding to the rein,

  4. فأنبتَ فيه سهماً جوهرياً

    يروّى نصلهُ بدمِ الفؤادِ

    Then made a jewel-like arrow sprout within him,

    Its arrowhead watered with the heart's blood.