حتى كأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ حَيَّرني به

في مثلِ ما أَهواهُ أَو منَّاني

As if time itself had confused me with it,

In the likes of what I desired or what gifted me,

فطلبتُ فوق مُنايَ لا ستعجازِهِ

فأَتى بمعجِزَةٍ مِنَ المَنَّانِ

So I sought above my bedrest no eloquence for it,

And it came with a miracle from the Bestower.