صاحِ غَمَّضْتُ وما غَمْ

مَضَ جَفْنَيَّ الهُجودُ

My companion closed his eyes though no drowsiness

Had weighed his eyelids down

بِبَريقٍ هَبَّ تَحْدو

هُ بُروقٌ ورُعودُ

With a flash leaping up, lightning

And thunder drawing near

مُقْبِلٌ يَقْصِدُ أَحْيا

ناً وأَحْياناً يَحيدُ

A cloudburst heading for settlements

Now here, now there, diverting

زَجِلٌ تَحْسَبُ في قُطْ

رَيْهِ غِيلٌ وأُسودُ

A rain cloud where you’d think

Were confusion and darkness

عُلْوُهُ في النَّجْمِ لَكِنْ

سفْلُهُ حَيْثُ الصَّعيدُ

Though lofty in the stars, its

Base where the ground lies

فيهِ للأَزْهُرِ والرَّو

ضَةِ وَعْدٌ ووَعيدُ

For flowers and greenery both

Promise and warning in it reside