لَيلَةٌ لِلبُروقِ فيها جُروحُ

وَغُيوثٌ تَبكي وَرَعدٌ يَنوحُ

A night for lightning in which wounds

And help that weeps and thunder that groans

وَكَأَنَّ السَماءَ حِرباءُ جِسمٍ

وَعَلَيها النُجومُ حَبٌّ مَقيحُ

As though the sky the fever of a body

And on it the stars love spots that fester