وَمُستَريحِ الأجفانِ من سهرٍ

أورَثنيهِ بطولِ إعراضِ

And of my eyelids resting from staying up

It was bequeathed to me by my long estrangement

يا طرفُ هذا الذي جنيتَ فذُق

نَغَّصكَ اليومَ أمسكَ الماضِي

O you whose happiness was picked today

Your yesterday's past had brought you torment