وَمَمْلُوءٍ مِنَ الحَزَنِ

يعالجُ سَوْرَةَ الأَرَقِ

Filled with sorrow

He treats the insomnia of sleeplessness

تكادُ غُروبُ مُقْلَتِهِ

تَعُمُّ الأَرْضَ بالغَرَقِ

His closing eyelids

Nearly flood the earth with tears

ويَسْتَوْلي تَزَفُّرُهُ

على الجُلاَّسِ بالحُرَقِ

And his sighing

Takes over the gathering with burning

كأنَّ فُؤَادَهُ قَلِقاً

لِسَانُ الحَيّةِ الفَرِقِ

It's as if his anxious heart

Is the slithering snake's flickering tongue

وَأَضْلُعَه لِقَضْقَضةٍ

صَيَارِفُ حاسِبُو وَرِقِ

And his ribs with the rattling

Are the shuffling pages of his thoughts