قلتُ لمّا قالوا غدا رأْسُ شمسِ ال

مُلْكِ فَرداً يَطوِي مُتونَ الفَيافي

When they said tomorrow the head of the kingdom's sun

Will be alone, rolling up the expanses of meadows

لم نُرِدْ كُلَّ ذا بهِ عَلِمَ اللّ

هُ اعتِقادي وما علَى اللهِ خاف

We did not intend, with all of this, that which

God knows, for my belief is not upon God as a dread

لكن الآنَ حيث كان فَصبْراً

وارْجُ خَيراً فاللهُ للعَبْدِ كاف

But now, where patience was, then patience,

And hope for good, for God to the servant is enough

إنّما كان عُقْدةً رأْسُه قا

رَنَ شَمساً فآذنَتْ بانْكِساف

It was only a knot the head of which approached

A sun, so it signaled an eclipse

وإذا الرّأسُ فارقَ الشّمسَ فاعلَمْ

بُدِّلَ الاِنكسافُ بالاِنْكِشاف

And when the head parts from the sun, then know

The eclipse is replaced by the emerging