وأسوَدَ يحكي الليل نُقْبة لونِهِ

حَكَى أمَّه في كلّ تركيبِها لِينا

As dark as night he related his story

In every detail he told of his mother's tenderness

ويَبلُغ أقصى عمرِه وهو أمَردٌ

وتَحسَب باقي أَيْرِه عِقْدَ عِشرينا

He reached the end of his days yet remained unbroken

You'd think his life unfinished, only twenty years