أَباحَ عَيني لِطولِ اللَيلِ وَالأَرَقِ

وَصاحَ إِنسانُها في الدَمعِ بِالغَرَقِ

My eyes allowed for the long night and insomnia

And its soul cried with drowning in tears

ظَبيٌ مُخَلّى مِنَ الأَحزانِ أَوقَرَهُ

ما يَعلَمُ اللَهُ مِن حُزنٍ وَمِن قَلَقِ

A startled gazelle burdened with sorrows and worries

What does God know of sadness and anxiety

كَأَنَّهُ وَكَأَنَّ الكَأسَ في يَدِهِ

هِلالُ تَمٍّ وَنَجمٌ غابَ في شَفَقِ

As if it and as if the cup in its hand

Is a crescent of completion and a star that has faded into the sunset