وَلَيلٍ كَجِلبابِ الشَبابِ رَقَعتُهُ

بِصُبحٍ كَجِلبابِ المَشيبِ طَلائِعُه

I patched its night like the cloak of youth

With the dawn like the cloak of old age are its vanguards

كَأَنَّ سَماءَ اليَومِ ماءٌ أَثارَهُ

مِنَ اللَيلِ سَيلٌ فَالنُجومُ فَواقِعُه

As if the sky of today is water stirred

From the night a torrent so the stars are its debris