وواكفٍ ظلَّ طولَ لَيْلَتِهِ

يَهطلُ حتى تَبلَّجَ الفجرُ

And a resident who stayed up all night long

Kept pouring until dawn whitened

ما زالَ حتى الصباحِ منهملاً

من سقفِ بيتٍ كأَنَّه قَبْر

He continued listless until morning

From the roof of a house that was like a grave

إِذا التماعُ البروقِ ضاحَكَهُ

بكى بعينٍ دُموعُها القَطْر

When lightning flashed smiling at him

He cried with eyes whose tears were drops of rain

كأنما سَقْفُهُ السَّحابُ إِذا

جاد سحابٌ وأَرضُهُ البحرُ

As if its roof was the clouds when

A cloud poured down and its floor was the sea