باكَرَتْهُ الحمَّى وراحت عليه

فكسته حمَّى الرواح بهارا

Fever assailed him at dawn and passed by

The fever of departure clothed him in spring

لم تشنه لما ألَّحت ولكنْ

بدَّلته بالاحمرار اصفرارا

It did not torment him when it persisted

But turned his redness into yellow paleness