وجاءَ لا جاءَ الدُجى كأنَّه

من طَلعَةِ الواشي وَوَجهِ المُرتقب

And night came, it came not as it usually does

Like the dawn of Al-Washi and the face of the expectant one

وفَعَلَ الظلامُ بالضياءِ ما

يَفعَلُهُ الحُرفُ بأَبناءِ الأَدَب

And darkness did to light what

Letters do to the literary minded