1. يا ربَّ ليلٍ بته

    مثل مبيتِ النابغهْ

    O Lord of a night filled with tears

    Like the night that befell Al-Nabigha

  2. ولم يساورني سوى

    عقربِ صدغ لادغهْ

    With nothing to trouble me but

    The sting of a scorpion on my temple

  3. وقد بدا البدرُ المني

    رُ والثريا بازغهْ

    And the full moon has risen

    With the Pleiades emerging

  4. كأنهُ ترسُ لجينٍ

    حولَ درعٍ سابغهْ

    As though it were a shield

    Around a coat of mail