سوادُ المرءِ تُنفدُهُ الليالي

وإنْ كانتْ تَصيرُ إلى نَفادِ

A man's darkness is depleted by the nights

Though it verges on depletion

فأسودُهُ يصيرُ إلى بَياضٍ

وأبيضُهُ يعودُ إلى سَوادِ

His darkness turns to whiteness

And his whiteness returns to darkness