صبري الذي اقتسمته غربةٌ ونوى

كأنما لهما في ذاك ميراث

My patience, which exile and longing have shared

As if for them in that a heritage

وكل يومٍ على ما فيه من هرم

يلقى صروف الليالي وهي أحداث

And every day, with what it holds of age

Meets the turns of nights and their events