طالَ سَقمي وَمَلَني العواد

وَبَكتني الأَنداد وَالحُساد

Long has my illness been, and tired am I of remedies,

While my peers and foes weep for me.

وَكانَ الصَباح في اللَيل كنز

وَعَلَيهِ نُجومهُ أَرصاد

Morning in the night was like buried gold,

With stars keeping watch over it like sentinels.