وَصَلَت نُعمٌ وَلَكِن صِلَةٌ

تُشبِهُ اللَحظَةَ في اِنتِقالِها

Blessings came, yet a connection

Resembling a moment in its transience.

لَستُ أَدري أَتَمَتَّعتُ بِها

أَم بِزَورِ الزورِ مِن خَيالِها

I know not if I enjoyed it

Or from the vanity of its imagination.

وَمَضى اللَيلُ سَريعاً مِثلَما

أُنشِطَت دَهماءُ مِن عِقالِها

And the night passed quickly, as

A dahma was stirred from its tether.