أَلا تَرى ما أَصدَقَ الأَنواءَ

قَد أَفنَتِ الحَجرَةَ وَاللَأواءَ

See how truthful the winds have been

They have devastated the chamber and shelter

فَلَو عَصَرتَ الصَخرَ صارَ ماءَ

مِن لَيلَةٍ بِتنا بِها لَيلاءَ

If you were to squeeze a rock it would become water

From a night we spent with a tender companion

إِن هِيَ عادَت لَيلَةً عِداءا

أَصبَحَتِ الأَرضُ إِذَن سَماءَ

If it comes back as a night of separation

The earth will become, then, a sky