وباكَرْتُ الصَّبوحَ على صَبَاحٍ

يَلُوحُ مِنَ السّوالِفِ والسُّلافِ

I hastened the dawn upon a morning

That gleams with souvenirs and good cheer,

وغَدْراوَيْنِ مِنْ حَلَبَ الأماني

أَدَرْتُهُما ومِنْ حَلَبِ القطافِ

And two meadows of my heart's desires,

I milked them, and from orchards of bounty.

أَدَرْنا مِنهما قَمَراً وشَمْساً

وشَمْسُ اللّهِ مُسْرَجَةُ الغلافِ

We milked from them a moon and a sun,

With God's sun spangled in its wrapper.

خُذِي حَلَبَ الحياةِ ولا تَبيعي

رَجاءً بالمخافةِ لَنْ تَخافي

Take life's milk and do not sell

A hope for fear you'll not fear.

هيَ الدُّنيا وقَدْ نَعِموا بأُخْرى

وتَسْويفُ النُّفوسِ مِنَ السّوافِ

Such is this world, and they've indulged in another,

While souls procrastinate from the wand'rer,

فإنْ كَذبوا أَمِنْتَ وإِنْ أَصابوا

فإنَّ المُبْتَليكَ هو المُعَافي

If they lied you'd believe, and if right

Then He who tried you is the Healer.

وأَصْدَقُ ما أَبُثُّكَ أنَّ قلبي

بِتَصْديقِ القِيامَةِ غيرُ صَافِ

And truest thing I tell you is my heart

Believes Judgment Day and is not serene.