وَصَلَت مِنكَ رُقعَةٌ أَسأَمَتني

وَثَنَت صَبرِيَ الجَميلَ كَليلا

A note from you has wearied me,

And wholly bent my patience down.

كَنَهارِ المَصيَفِ حراً وَكرباً

وَلَيالي الشِتاءِ بَرداً وَطولا

Like summer's day, hot, hard and long,

Or winter's night, cold, bleak and long.