إِنَّ اللَيالي نَجَت بي فَهيَ مُحسِنَةٌ

لا شَكَّ فيهِ مِنَّ الدَيماسِ وَالأَسَدِ

Truly, the nights delivered me, and so have dealt kindly with me—

without a doubt—from the dungeon and the lion.

وَأَطلَقَتني مِنَ الأَصفادِ مُخرِجَةً

مِن حَولِ سِجنٍ شَديدِ البَأسِ ذي رَصَدِ

They loosed me from the fetters, bringing me out

from the confines of a formidable prison, guarded by sentries.

كَأَنَّ ساكِنَهُ حَيّاً حَشاشَتُهُ

مَيتٌ تَرَدَّدَ مِنهُ السمُّ في الجَسَدِ

As though its dweller were alive, while his life's innermost spark

were dead—the prison's poison coursing through the body.